DRC officials tumble as bridge collapses at ribbon-cutting ceremony
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Spectators shout in apparent glee as dignitaries struggle to get off crumpled structure during launch
Dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo only for the structure to collapse beneath their feet to the barely concealed delight of onlookers, a video shows.
Just as an organiser cut the ribbon at the ceremony in Mont-Ngafula district in Kinshasa, the bridge buckled, both its handrails broke off and the central section slumped into a stream a couple of metres below.
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