Four killed as building collapses in Pakistan

Last updated: October 10, 2010

Islamabad, Pakistan (BBN)- At least four people of a family were killed and five others wounded when a two-storied over-lived and expired building collapsed in the country’s Southwestern Rajanpur district early Sunday.

The collapse took place due to fragility of the building meanwhile, rescue teams, promptly responding to calamity, arrived on the scene and managed to rescue five persons from the rubble, local media reported quoting police.

However, they could not have taken out four members of a family, which included a couple and its two kids, whom rescuers found dead, police confirmed.

BBN/SSR/AD-10Oct10-10:40 am (BST) 

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