Parents, five children killed by gas leak at home in Cairo
Parents, five children killed by gas leak at home in Cairo
A father, a mother, and their five children lost their lives in their Cairo flat as a result of a gas leak.
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Children are often among the victims of these incidents in Egypt. [Getty]
A father, a mother, and their five children were found dead on Monday in their flat in the poor El-Sharabiya neighbourhood in the Egyptian capital Cairo as a result of a gas leak, according to local news .
Autopsy reports confirmed that the cause of death of the seven victims had been suffocation by gas inhalation, the online portal of local Al-Shourouk newspaper reported.
The police questioned neighbours to rule out foul play, the reports .
Similar incidents recurrently occur in Egypt, with most of their victims being children.
Earlier last month, four young siblings when a fire broke out as a result of a short circuit in their flat in Egypt’s southeastern Giza province.
A similar incident took place in June last year when six children were and 15 others injured in Cairo, also by a fire caused by a short circuit.
Six months later, three young siblings were when a two-storey building collapsed in the southern Beni Suef province.
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