Death toll from Jordan building collapse rises to 13


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Sep 2022

FILE PHOTO: Rescuers search for survivors along with a dog at the site of a collapsed building in Amman, Jordan September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni/

(Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in the Jordanian capital this week has risen to 13, local authorities said on Friday, after further bodies were found.

At least 25 people were in the dilapidated building in Amman's Webdeh district when it crumbled on Tuesday.

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