Cairo [Egypt], June 28: Four people were killed after a 13-storey building collapsed in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria, local media reported on Tuesday.
Civil defence teams recovered four bodies since the building collapsed on Monday morning, the state-run Al Ahram newspaper reported. Rescuers were still working on removing debris and searching for further victims.
Prosecutors ordered the detention of the building's owner and a contractor for four days pending investigation. They may face charges of manslaughter and building without a permit, the report added.
Alexandria governor Mohammed Al Sherif said earlier that four people were injured.
The building suffered a "vertical split" before it collapsed, the governor said. The last floor was built without approval and there was an order to remove it. Most apartments were used as summer vacation accommodation, Al Sherif said, implying the building was not fully occupied. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune