At least six people were killed and seven others were injured when two adjoining buildings collapsed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, with more trapped under the rubble.
Abdel Hamid Karimeh, speaking at a press conference in Tripoli, did not say how many people might still be trapped under debris in the northern city’s Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood.
Earlier, the head of Lebanon’s civil defence rescue service said the collapsed buildings had 22 residents.
Building collapse in Lebanon
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