1st LD: 10 killed in Mexico church collapse

Kathmandu: Ten people have died due to the collapse of a church’s roof church of Santa Cruz in Madero City.

The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico’s Tamaulipas state on Sunday, local authorities said.

‘Unfortunately, the death of ten people has been confirmed,’ Jorge Cuellar, the state public security spokesperson, said in an interview with local TV station ADN 40.

More than 60 people have been injured, while relief workers continue to remove debris, the official said. ‘The structural failure of the building must be the cause behind the church’s collapse,’ Cuellar added.

The governor of Tamaulipas, Americo Villarreal, lamented the incident and offered his sympathies to the families of the deceased through a message on his social networks.

The National Guard has implemented an emergency social assistance plan to support those affected by the collapse. Dozens of people had been under the roof. The rescue work is going on. More than 100 people were attending a baptism in the church.

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