At least 22 killed in Ghana church collapse
Officials say 11 women, 10 men and a baby died after an under-construction three-storey building collapsed.
At least 22 people, including a baby, were killed when an unfinished three-storey building collapsed in eastern Ghana, emergency officials said on Friday.
The accident happened on Tuesday while a church community held a service in the building, which was still under construction, in the town of Akyem Batabi in the Eastern Region, National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) official Richard Amo-Yartey said.
Among the dead are 11 women, a baby and 10 men, Amo-Yartey said.
A rescue team comprising emergency workers, police, soldiers and firefighters were searching for survivors trapped inside the building.
The number of those missing remained unclear on Friday, while eight injured people had been taken to hospital, according to Amo-Yartey.
Local media reported that more than 60 people were present at the site when the accident took place.
Work on the building had started in 1994.