Death toll rises to 36 in Cambodia building collapse

At least 36 people were killed and 23 injured after a tourist guesthouse under construction in Cambodia collapsed, trapping workers under rubble, officials said on Sunday.

Officials said rescue operations ended two days after the seven-storey concrete building collapsed on Friday in the coastal town of Kep, about 160 km (100 miles) southwest of the capital Phnom Penh.

The 36 dead included six children and 14 women, officials said in a statement that did not detail why children were at the construction site.

In full: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/cambodia-building-collapse-death-toll-rises-24-phnom-penh-12234624

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