Three killed in wall collapse in Tripura

By IANS,

Agartala : Three youths were killed and 10 others injured when a wall of an old church collapsed on them in northern Tripura Tuesday, police said.


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Some local youths were demolishing the walls of an old church at Kailashahar, 160 km north of here. “A portion of the wall collapsed killing three youths – aged 18 to 24 years – on the spot,” a police spokesman told reporters in Agartala.

Those hurt in the incident have been rushed to government hospital.

Local Christians have built a new church and had decided to knock down the old church, reportedly built several decades ago.

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