By Ammar Muhammad Rajab About nine worshippers were killed while a tenth of others sustained injuries when the Zaria Central Mo...
By Ammar Muhammad Rajab
About nine worshippers were killed while a tenth of others sustained injuries when the Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna state collapsed on Friday.
DAILY STRUGGLE Newspaper reports that the incident occurred during Asr's prayer.
Speaking on the incident, the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, said the victims were observing the Asr prayer around 4pm when the incident occurred.
Malam Bamalli said, “We had earlier observed a crack in the wall of the mosque yesterday, and we are planning to deploy a team of civil engineers to effect repairs when this unfortunate incident happened.”
While condoling the family of the deceased, the Emir directed that people should pray outside the mosque pending the repairs.
The funeral prayer of all eight corpses out of nine was observed today at 8.30pm at the emir’s palace.
Shehu Nagari, a survivor, who narrowly escaped from being trapped said the worshippers were in the second “sujud of Asr prayer” when a portion of the mosque collapsed.
Nagari said the building collapsed on those seated directly at the section, killing many victims.
He added that the collapse section of the mosque which was built with mud, had existed for over 170 years.
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