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Another girl found dead in collapsed Turkey dormitory
The body of a schoolgirl was found buried in the rubble of a collapsed building on Saturday, bringing the number of dead to 18.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:57 August 2, 2008
Ankara: The body of a schoolgirl was found buried in the rubble of a collapsed building on Saturday, bringing the number of dead to 18.
Rescue workers resumed their search after a family reported that one of their daughters was still missing.
The three-storey dormitory building in Turkey's Konya region collapsed on Friday and authorities suspect a gas canister blast caused the collapse.
Around 60 girls between the ages of eight and 16 were staying at the dormitory at the time of the incident.
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