11 killed in wall collapse near under-construction bridge in Pakistan
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Local police officer Mohammad Akram and emergency service Rescue 1122 said a building collapsed due to rain near Golra and bodies of those killed in the incident were recovered.
Islamabad. Eleven laborers were killed in the early hours of Wednesday when a wall collapsed near an under-construction bridge on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad. Police and rescue officials gave this information. Officials said the wall collapsed when the workers were sitting inside their tents set up on the roadside at the construction site. Local police officer Mohammad Akram and emergency service Rescue 1122 said a building collapsed due to rain near Golra and bodies of those killed in the incident were recovered.
Monsoon rains have been lashing Pakistan since June 25, which has so far claimed at least 112 lives in weather-related incidents. Several rivers in eastern Punjab province are in spate due to the rains, inundating hundreds of villages and displacing at least 15,000 people.
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