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Woman killed in Alexandria building collapse – MENA
(ARCHIVE) People and rescue workers stand on the rubble of a collapsed building as they search for survivors in Alexandria January 16, 2013. REUTERS/Stinger
CAIRO, Jan 11 (Aswat Masriya) – A woman was killed and another was injured when a building partially collapsed in the coastal city of Alexandria on Sunday, the state news agency MENA reported.
The ceiling of the last floor of the three-storey building collapsed, causing the woman's death, MENA reported.
Building collapses has become a frequent occurrence in Egypt, especially in Alexandria.
A survey conducted by the Cairo-based Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) in June concluded that 392 residential buildings collapsed in Egypt from July 2012 until June 2013, killing 192 people and rendering 824 families homeless.
The organisation blamed the frequent building collapses on the "lax enforcement" of laws regulating construction as well as the "lack of proper planning and development."
