尼日利亞教堂房頂坍塌，一百多人喪生

Rescue workers continue to look for survivors in the debris following the collapse of a church roof in southern Nigeria, killing at least 100 people. Some reports put the death toll as high as 160.

Hundreds of people were in the church, which was still under construction when the roof collapsed Saturday in the city of Uyo.

Local officials played down the number of victims. State police spokeswoman said 27 had been killed and 30 injured.

Several local officials were in attendance when the roof fell, including Udom Emmanuel, the governor of Akwa Ibom state, who escaped without injury.

Governor Emmanuel tweeted that he personally supervised rescue operations at the scene. He has declared December 11 and 12 as days of mourning.

A spokesman for the governor said the state will conduct an investigation into the collapse.尼日利亞南部一座教堂房頂坍塌，救援人員繼續在廢墟中尋找倖存者。這起事件造成至少100人喪失，有些報道說，死亡人數多達160人。

這座教堂位於烏約市，事發時教堂裏有幾百人。這座教堂還在修建之中。

當地官員對遇難者人數輕描淡寫，州警方發言人說，27人死亡，30人受傷。

房頂坍塌時，幾名當地官員也在參加禮拜，包括阿誇伊博姆州州長艾曼紐，他安然脫險。

艾曼紐發推文說，他親自在現場監督救援工作，並宣佈12月11日和12日爲追悼日。

州長的一位發言人說，政府將對坍塌事件的起因進行調查。