At least three students are dead and 23 have been injured after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, South African officials say.
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Head of education for Gauteng province Panyaza Lesufi posted the toll on Twitter shortly after the collapse at the Hoerskool Driehoek high school in Vanderbijlpark.
Two boys and a girl were killed, he said on Friday.
"It is painful to see those tiny bodies in that state," Lesufi said.
He reported "scores" trapped but an Associated Press witness later said no one remained in the rubble.
Gauteng police spokesman Kay Makhubela said nine people were seriously injured.
"When we arrived we found that there are still children underneath," Makhubela said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse.
Police said engineering reports would form part of the investigation.
The national Department of Education extended condolences to the families of the students killed.
Young boys from a neighbouring school came by to lay flowers.
Australian Associated Press
