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September 23, 2019
Kenyan officials say at least sevenchildren have died after a classroom collapsed at a primary school in thecapital Nairobi.
The wooden structure at PreciousTalent Top School collapsed just minutes after the start of the school daytoday.
Dozens of people were injured andhave been taken to hospital in the city.
Rescuers have reportedly haddifficulty getting to the school because of the large crowds that have gatherednearby.
The school’s director, MosesNdirangu, blamed the collapse on the construction of a nearby sewer, which hesaid may have weakened the foundations of the building.
But a Nairobi-based architect,Professor Alfred Omenya, told the BBC that the school was poorly built and was a“disaster waiting to happen”.
The Kenyan Red Cross transferred somechildren to the Kenyatta National Hospital. Two of the injured were reported tobe in a critical condition.