Ethiopia church scaffolding collapses, killing 30

Ethiopian Catholics join Orthodox in mourning deaths, injuries suffered in scaffold collapse

Disaster struck when, in the hundreds, the worshippers climbed on a makeshift scaffold to catch a glimpse of a mural on the church ceiling.

Ethiopia’s Catholics mourn with the Ethiopian Orthodox after deadly scaffold collapse

The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, has expressed profound sorrow, prayers, and solidarity with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church following the devastating accident that claimed at least 36 lives and injured more than 200 others. Read all

25 worshippers die after scaffolding falls at Ethiopian church - Face2Face Africa

At least 25 worshippers died and over 100 were injured after scaffolding collapsed during a St. Mary feast at a church in Ethiopia’s Amhara region.

At Least 30 Dead and More Than 200 Injured After Church Scaffolding Collapses During Early Morning Worship

Thousands of worshippers were gathered at a church in Ethiopia when the incident occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 1AP Photo/Samuel Getachew Worshippers inside the church where the scaffolding collapsed in EthiopiaNEED TO KNOWAt least 30 people have died after scaffolding on a church in Ethiopia collapsed, according to reportsThe incident, which occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 1, also injured more than 200 peopleThousands of worshippers had gathered at th…

Scaffolding collapse in Ethiopian church kills at least 36

At least 36 people were killed and more than 200 injured at a religious festival in central Ethiopia when wooden scaffolding collapsed underneath them inside a partially constructed church, police and a survivor said.

At least 30 people killed after church collapses in Amhara

At least 30 people have died and more than 200 were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a church in Ethiopia.