At least eight people were killed and three seriously injured after a mosque being built in north-west China collapsed, state media reported on Friday. The mosque collapsed in Taer, a town of 38,000 people mainly from China's ethnic Hui minority in Qinghai province, on Thursday afternoon, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities.
One of the dead was a young boy, it said. Police have detained a building contractor in connection with the collapse, the report said.