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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

11 dead after a wall collapses near an under-construction bridge in Pakistan during monsoon rains

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Eleven workers were killed early Wednesday after a portion of the outer wall of a sprawling compound collapsed after being weakened by rains near an under-construction bridge on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, police and rescue officials said.

The wall fell while the workers sat inside their roadside tents at the construction site.

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