At least 12 killed in Cameroon building collapse


YAOUNDE, July 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed, and 19 others were wounded after a four-story building collapsed in Cameroon's commercial hub of Douala early Sunday, according to Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, governor of Littoral Region.

Children and women were among the victims, Diboua said, adding that rescue workers were still searching for missing people under the rubble.

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