Nine killed and 50 injured after church roof collapsed during baptisms

Around 30 parishioners were believed to have been trapped in the rubble in the Gulf coast city of Ciudad Madero with dogs brought in to help the search

Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed (Jose Luis Tapia/El Sol de Tampico/AP)

At least nine people have been killed, three of them children, after the roof of a church collapsed during a Mass in northern Mexico on Sunday.

The Tamaulipas state security spokesman’s office confirmed the death toll, saying around 50 people had been injured with the likely cause of the collapse “a structural failure”.