Death Toll Rises to 11 in Sunday Mexico Church Collapse

Death Toll Rises to 11 in Sunday Mexico Church Collapse
Members of a rescue team and people work at a site where a church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in Ciudad Madero, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico in this picture distributed to Reuters on Oct. 1, 2023. Secretaria de Seguridad Publica Tamaulipas/Handout via Reuters
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MONTERREY, Mexico—The death toll from the collapse of a church roof during a Sunday Mass in northern Mexico has risen to 11, with around 60 others injured, officials said on Monday, as local authorities began wrapping up search and rescue efforts.

Five women, two men and three children were among those killed at the church in the Gulf Coast city of Ciudad Madero in Tamaulipas state, state Governor Americo Villarreal said. The death toll rose to 11 later on Monday after another young women died, a local media report said, citing the state health minister.