At least six people have died and 78 are injured after the roof of a food court at a busy shopping centre collapsed in northern Peru, as the death toll from the accident doubled.
Firefighters and police continued to hunt for survivors in the debris of the collapse, which occurred yesterday NZT at the Real Plaza shopping complex in Trujillo, the country’s third-largest city about 500km north of Lima.
Dozens of families were in the food court when the roof fell, according to local media.
Defence Minister Walter Astudillo updated the death toll from three to six and said the number of injured had increased to 78, according to state media Andina.
Forty-eight of the injured were hospitalised, three in serious condition, he added.
Ten of the injured were children, local government health official Anibal Morillo said earlier.
The cause of the accident remains unknown.
Shopping complex director Garlet Rodriguez said the food court roof had been installed in 2017 and passed an inspection last September
