Karachi: Musa Lane building collapse, death toll reaches 18

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Karachi: Musa Lane building collapse, death toll reaches 18

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Death toll has reached 18 after 4 bodies were recovered from the debris of collapsed building.

06 August,2011 08:37 am

According to the rescue teams, the evacuated dead bodies were of two men and two women. The bodies were evacuated in the morning and were shifted to Civil Hospital.The dead bodies were identified as 50-year Iqbal, 18-year old Haseeb, Robina and Mahek. The rescue teams further said that at least 12 persons were still trapped under debris.A five-storey old building had collapsed in the densely-populated Musa Lane locality of Karachi on Thursday morning, killing and injuring several people.