At least two dead as multi-storey building collapses in Iraq capital Baghdad
At least two dead as multi-storey building collapses in Iraq capital Baghdad
Baghdad's civil defence directorate said on Saturday morning that 13 people had been rescued from the ruins of the building, which had reportedly been home to theÌýNational Laboratory for Pathological Analysis.
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The directorate said Saturday afternoon that the rescue operation wasÌýstill ongoing [Ali Mohammed Saeed/Anadolu via Getty]
At least two people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in the Karrada district of the Iraqi capital on Saturday morning, a security source °®Âþµº's Arabic-language sister site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Baghdad's civil defence directorate on Saturday morning that 13 people had been rescued from the ruins of the building, which had reportedly been home to the .
The directorate said on Saturday afternoon that the rescue operation was still ongoing.
It is not yet clear what caused the collapse, but buildings in Iraq are often constructed without proper official oversight due to state corruption and mismanagement.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, a local official The National.
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