22 dead, 130 injured after school building collapses during exams in Nigeria

 

Abuja: 22 students died after a school building collapsed in Nigeria. Around 130 students were injured in the accident. The accident happened on Friday in Central Plateau State, Nigeria. St Academy in Jos, the state capital, sank into the ground. Many people were trapped in the debris. The rescuers used excavators, hammers, bare hands and wires to get the children out.

The police have explained that 22 students died in the accident. Treatment has been provided to the children rescued from the rubble. More than a thousand students are studying in this school. Local residents are responding to the international media that the level of the accident is shocking. It is not yet clear what caused the building to collapse. It has been raining heavily in the region for the past three days. After this, the school building sank into the ground.