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Rwanda building collapse: Six dead and dozens injured | |
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Six people have died after a four-storey building in north-eastern Rwanda collapsed, the government says. | Six people have died after a four-storey building in north-eastern Rwanda collapsed, the government says. |
The search and rescue mission has ended with no more people found trapped in the rubble, Rwandan police said in a statement on Wednesday. | |
Officials said 18 people were being treated in hospital. Twelve others were discharged earlier after receiving treatment. | |
The dead and injured were believed to be mainly construction workers. | |
The four-storey building in Nyagatare, about 100km (60 miles) north-east of the capital Kigali, was under construction when it came down on Tuesday. | |
"Six people working on the site died as the result of the building collapse," Rwanda's police said in a statement. "The search and rescue mission... has been completed and the site is clear." | |
Initial reports had said that as many as 100 people had been feared trapped, but as rescue efforts began officials scaled back the numbers of those involved. | |
Police said they would be conducting an investigation into the cause of the collapse. |