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Nigeria school collapse kills 16 students, traps others
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- 12 July, 2024
- 16:57
At least 16 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, an AFP correspondent said after visiting hospitals, Report informs.
Officials have so far only said “several students” were killed when the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State fell in on classrooms. But an AFP reporter saw five bodies in one hospital morgue and 11 in another. All were wearing school uniforms. Hospital officials did not comment.
Parents desperately looked for their children at the Saint Academy in Jos North district of Plateau State after the building fell in on students taking their exams, an AFP correspondent at the site said.
Nigeria school collapse kills 16 students, traps others
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