Nine dead, many more injured in Mexico church collapse

Nine people are reported to have been killed and some 20 others trapped after a church roof collapsed in Mexico.

Report informs via foreign media that local media said 49 people were taken to hospital, after the roof of Ciudad Madero's Santa Cruz church fell in.

Police in the coastal state of Tamaulipas said around 100 people were at a mass at the time of the collapse. Local media reported it was a baptism.

A number of children are believed to be amongst those trapped and rescue efforts are ongoing.