A school collapsed in Nigeria and there are at least 12 dead

A three-storey building that housed a primary school He collapsed Wednesday in the Nigerian city of Lagos. So far, authorities have confirmed that there were at least 12 dead, most of them children. The rescuers managed to rescue 50 people from the rubble, eight of whom were wounded.

Firefighters try to find the rest of the students, but fear that the number of victims will be larger because the children were in clbad when the structure collapsed.

"Rescue operations of the Lagos State Rescue Unit are underway in a building that has collapsed in the Lagiaji area on the island of Lagos", said the state government on his Twitter account. .

"We are still trying to find out how many people are stuck inside," said police officer Seun Ariwyo. They are probably "very numerous".