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Mosque in northwestern Nigeria collapses during prayers, seven killed
Updated On: 12 August, 2023 11:54 AM IST | Abuja (Nigeria) | AP
The mosque`s collapse comes after more than a dozen building failures in the West African nation in the last year
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A part of a mosque collapsed while hundreds of people were inside for prayers Friday, and seven worshippers were killed, authorities said in northwestern Nigeria`s Kaduna state. The Zaria Central Mosque is in Zaria, which is one of northern Nigeria`s largest cities.
`Twenty-three persons were affected and evacuated to the hospital by our fire servicemen,` the state Emergency Management Agency said. State officials said the mosque was constructed in the 1830s. Videos apparently recorded at the scene showed a wide opening where a part of the roof fell in.
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