Cambodia building collapse death toll hits 36 as rescue called off


Rescue personnel carrying a body from the site on Sunday (Jan 5) where an under-construction building collapsed in southern Cambodia's coastal Kep province on Frida7. The death toll from a building collapse rose to 35 on Sunday, as hundreds of rescuers continued a frantic search through rubble to retrieve the dead and injured. - AFP

KEP: The search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Cambodia drew to a close Sunday (Jan 5) with the final death toll at 36 -- the latest tragedy in a string of deadly construction accidents.

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, said 23 people had been pulled alive from the rubble of the seven-storey hotel, which crumpled to the ground in seaside Kep on Friday afternoon.

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