translated from Spanish: Collapse of a school in Nigeria leaves more than 100 children trapped

“The rescue unit of the Lagos State relief operations are underway in a building has collapsed in the area of Lagiaji, in Lagos Island,” said the Government of this State in his account of the social network Twitter.
A building of three floors of a primary school collapsed on Wednesday in the Nigerian city of Lagos, leaving more than 100 children trapped, according to the regional government.
Rescue teams trying to retrieve the bodies, but it is feared to be killed since the children were in class when the collapse occurred.
“The rescue unit of the Lagos State relief operations are underway in a building has collapsed in the area of Lagiaji, in Lagos Island,” said the Government of this State in his account of the social network Twitter.
It is a three storey building, which housed a primary school located on the island of Lagos, a nucleus of the city which is connected by road with the rest of the city.
A witness of the tragedy, Prince Adams, quoted by the local newspaper The Punch, said that they have brought to 10 students from the rubble without specifying if they were alive or dead, while the area is completely full of people.
“It is terrible. The parents are crying”, Adams told the daily.

Original source in Spanish

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