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Building collapse kills 5, injures 2 in south Egypt

Mar 18, 2023

Cairo [Egypt], March 18: At least five people were killed and another two wounded on Friday after a building collapsed in the southern Egyptian province of Minya.
The three-storey building in a small village belonged to one family, and two children were killed in the accident, state-run Nile TV reported.
Civil protection forces and ambulances rushed to the scene and the wounded were transferred to a nearby governmental hospital.
The public prosecution ordered an immediate investigation into the accident, but didn't provide any detail about the cause of the collapse.
Source: Xinhua

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