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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Two die and 13 injured in walkway collapse at Naples ‘Gomorrah’ housing complex

People evacuated from their apartments stand outside the housing complex: it is dark and the multi-storey block with floors arranged in a stepped effect is illuminated against the black sky. Children are seen in adults' arms and people are taking photographs.
About 800 people were evacuated from the Vela Celeste complex in Scampia on Monday night. Photograph: Cesare Abbate/EPA

Two people have died and 13 were injured after the partial collapse of a raised passageway on a building in a dilapidated housing estate on the outskirts of Naples, southern Italy.

The incident in Scampia occurred late on Monday night on a third-floor walkway at Vela Celeste, the last and most populous of four sail-shaped blocks due to be demolished as part of a redevelopment scheme in the deprived area.

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