Egypt’s crumbling infrastructure: three killed in building collapse in Alexandria

Posted On 3 December 2020

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Three people died on Wednesday when a dilapidated building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a security source said. “Ambulances and civil protection workers are at the scene” and search operations are underway, said the source, who did not want to be named. The affected building, in the city’s Moharram Bek district, had been the subject of demolition  orders on three separate occasions, the source said, adding that two children had been rescued. There have been several fatal collapses of buildings in recent years in Egypt.

AFP
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