<i>Premonition for Kaka?</i>
The roof of a church in Sao Paulo that hosted Brazilian football star Kaka's wedding in 2005 collapsed Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring 57 others, rescue workers told AFP.
Firemen and police were combing through the rubble of the Apostolica Christ Reborn Christian Church in the city's southern suburb of Cambuci to determine casualties.
A spokesman for the fire service run by the state's military police told AFP "we fear there are more bodies" buried under the debris.
Kaka, who is currently being wooed to move to Manchester City from AC Milan, married in the church in December 2005.
According to witnesses quoted by Brazilian television, the roof of the big building collapsed around 7:00 pm (2200 GMT).
The church, which can hold up to 3,000 people, had scores of worshipers inside for Sunday services at the time. Media put the number at less than 400.
Television showed images of fire trucks and ambulances in front of the church, whose walls still stood.
Images taken from a helicopter showed the inside of the building to be a dark mass of rubble, with concrete and metal girders covering the entire floor.
The reason of the collapse was not immediately known. The church recently underwent renovation work, and in recent days Sao Paulo has been hit by heavy rains.
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