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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. Food and mobile phones have been given to people trapped inside a collapsed police building, say rescuers in Angola's capital, Luanda.
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 headquarters of Angola's police criminal investigation department, collapsed with about 100 people inside.
The Angolan police criminal investigation department building collapsed at dawn. Police say the female detention centre was worst hit, and a woman and baby are still trapped inside.
It is not known how many officers and detainees were there at the time. There are no reports of fatalities, but officials say it could be days before they can excavate the entire site.
Most of those affected by the early morning collapse of the six-storey building are detainees and have been pulled out alive, say officials.
"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.
One survivor was quoted as saying he heard a cracking noise.
"I looked out through the window and saw this pillar completely broken and then I saw one of the guards running away. We called for him to save us but he didn't come," Joao Salgueiro told state radio RNA.
"Some time later we saw the building collapsing upon us."