Dozens of students injured, trapped as school building collapses

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A devastating building collapse has occurred at Saint Academy in Busa Buji, Jos North LGA, Plateau State, trapping numerous students beneath the rubble.

The two-storey structure, which housed secondary school students, crumbled during school hours, around 11:am on Friday, while examinations were in progress.

SaharaReporters learnt that panicked parents have flocked to the scene, overcome with grief.

Emergency responders, including soldiers and police, are currently conducting rescue efforts to extricate the trapped students.

When correspondents visited the school around, many of the residents were seen wailing while security men and emergency workers were busy trying to pull survivors from the rubble.

The number of casualty figures has yet to be ascertained.