Building Collapse in Cairo Leaves 5 Dead

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By Reuters
March 27, 2021World News
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Building Collapse in Cairo Leaves 5 Dead
People inspect the area where a building was collapsed in Gesr al-Suez, Cairo, Egypt, on March 27, 2021. (Mai Shams El-Din/Reuters)

CAIRO—Five people were killed and 24 injured when a Cairo apartment building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported.

Witnesses told Reuters many people were still trapped under the rubble of the 10-story building.

By Mai Shams Eldin and Omar Fahmy