DRC officials tumble as bridge collapses at ribbon-cutting ceremony

Spectators shout in apparent glee as dignitaries struggle to get off crumpled structure during launch

Dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the 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 DRC's capital, the bridge buckled, both its handrails broke off and the central section slumped into a stream a couple of metres below.