TOPSHOT - Bystanders gather next to heavy machinery working at the site of a school collapsed earlier in Jos, on July 12, 2024. At least 16 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, according to an AFP correspondent. Trapped students were heard crying for help under the rubble after the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State fell in on classrooms. (Photo by Muhammad Tanko Shittu / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD TANKO SHITTU/AFP via Getty
At least 16 students have been reported dead following the collapse of a two-storey building housing a school in Nigeria’s central Plateau state.
The school premises are crowded with frantic parents desperately searching for their children. Many who have seen the bodies of their children are inconsolable.
Rescue workers and emergency officials are racing against time to save those trapped, using excavators to dig through the rubble.
Updates will be provided as more information becomes available.
