7 Nairobi pupils killed in classroom collapse

The walls of the two-storey Precious Talent Top School in Nairobi, Kenya, collapsed at around 6.50 a.m. as the pupils were about to start their morning classes on Monday. (Facebook)

Seven children died and others injured when their classroom collapsed on Monday morning in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, medics said.

“Seven pupils dead, several injured after a classroom collapsed at Previous Talent Academy in Dagoretti,” St John Ambulance, whose rescuers were involved in the search and rescue, wrote on Twitter.

Hundreds of angry residents of Dagoretti, a poor area where many live in makeshift houses, swarmed around the site where rescuers picked through the rubble of the classroom.

“Seven have lost their lives, it is very unfortunate,” area police chief George Seda.