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At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo

CAIRO — An apartment building collapsed on Tuesday in Egypt’s capital, killing at least eight people, authorities said. The Health Ministry said in a statement that the collapse of the six-story building in Cairo’s western neighborhood of Waili also injured three people, who were hospitalized. Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas. But many Egyptian cities still contain entire neighborhoods of unlicensed apartment buildings and shantytowns that don’t follow building codes and regulations.

Associated Press

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