A mosque in Nigeria collapses during prayers, left 7 worshippers killed

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Seven worshipers were killed when hundreds of people were praying and the mosque collapsed.

AP reported a part of a mosque collapsed 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 on Friday.

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.

The victims were buried while prayers were held for them at the mosque.

Kaduna Governor Uba Sani ordered an immediate investigation into the disaster and promised to assist those affected by the “heartbreaking incident”.

The mosque’s collapse comes after more than a dozen building failures in the West African nation in the last year.