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Angolan police station collapses | Angolan police station collapses |
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Dozens of detainees at a police station in the Angolan capital, Luanda, have been taken to hospital after the six-storey building collapsed. | |
There are no reports of deaths, but teams of rescue workers have been sifting through the rubble, where the cries of victims can he heard. | |
The Angolan police criminal investigation department building collapsed at dawn. | The Angolan police criminal investigation department building collapsed at dawn. |
It is not known how many officers and detainees were there at the time. | It is not known how many officers and detainees were there at the time. |
"The most seriously wounded have been taken to the military hospital and others to the Sao Paolo prison hospital," Commander Eugenio Laborinho told AFP news agency. | "The most seriously wounded have been taken to the military hospital and others to the Sao Paolo prison hospital," Commander Eugenio Laborinho told AFP news agency. |