in the south Nigeria collapsed a church roof, not less than 160 people were lost. About it on Sunday, December 10, reports information agency "Associated Press".
of state of emergency occurred in the Protestant temple of Uyo (State of Akwa Ibom). According to agency, mortuaries of local hospitals are overflowed.
BBC News reports that the building was not completely completed. According to locals, workers hurried to finish to the ordination of the bishop appointed to Saturday, December 10 (on Sunday on Moscow time). During a ceremony the roof also failed.
Among the survived parishioners — the governor of staff Ud Emmanual (Udom Emmanuel). He promised to make investigation and to punish standards of safety guilty of violation.
Data on a death toll differ: BBC News reports about 60, and the local TV channel APC News tells that victims not less than 200.
In April, 2015 in State of New Jersey (United States of America) during easter service the church roof collapsed. Nobody was lost, one parishioner suffered serious injuries, 13 more were easily wounded. As it became clear, it occurred because of decay of the building built more than 150 years ago.