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Over 100 killed as church collapses in Nigeria
 [DAWN] At least 100 people were killed by the collapse of a church in south-eastern Nigeria, a resident and photojournalist who visited a morgue said on Sunday, but officials put the corpse count at just 27."At Uyo teaching hospital where I am now I could see over a hundred corpses, many are heaped on top of each other on the floor," said photojournalist Ini Samuel. "Eyewitnesses also said yesterday corpses were packed in four each bag." Gary Ubong, a resident, said the church’s roof had collapsed on worshippers while a pastor was being consecrated as bishop in the presence of government officials. "I saw more than 100 dead bodies brought out on loaders," said Ubong, who said he had rushed to the scene after the accident. "I also went to two hospitals and saw heaps of dead bodies difficult to count." State police spokeswoman Cordelia Nwawe said 27 had been killed and 30 injured when the Reigners Bible church in Akwa Ibom state capital Uyo collapsed during a service on Saturday. Etete Peters, Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo teaching hospital, said 21 bodies had been delivered to his clinic and two of the injured admitted for treatment had died.
Posted by: Fred 2016-12-13 |
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