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Seven people killed, six injured in building collapse in Saudi Qaseem city

RIYADH, April 28 (KUNA) -- Seven people were killed and six others injured when a building underconstruction inside Al-Qaseem University campus collapsed, the civil defense of Al-Qaseem City said Tuesday.
Colonel Abdulaziz Abalkhail was quoted by the official SPA as saying rescue teams were searching for two missing persons.
He said 15 workers of Pakistani, Indian and Egyptian nationalities were trapped under the rubble, seven of them died and seven injured while two still missing.
An investigation was launched about the reasons of the collapse of the building, he said. (end) od.bs