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2 Children, Pregnant Woman Killed In Building Collapse In Delhi. 8 Injured

new delhi, oct 7:
Three people, including a child, have died after a four-storey building collapsed in the Seemapuri area of northeast Delhi on Wednesday. A total of 8 people have been rescued from the debris so far.
Eight injured people were rescued and taken to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Tahirpur for treatment. They are Momin Mirja, 56, Abdaan, 3, Abdul Rehman, 28, Devruddin, 28, Salma, 50, Chote, 34, Sakina, 35, and Samad, 30.
Those who died include a girl aged about 12 and a woman named Gulafsa, 21, who was around four months pregnant. The third is a child. The identity of the girl and of the other child is yet to be established. DCP Rajendra Prasad Meena said that one of the children was decapitated.
The incident comes a month after a hostel tragedy in Satya Niketan that resulted in the death of seven and injuries to several others.
The picture shows the damage as the front portion of the building collapsed
The picture shows the damage as the front portion of the building collapsed
Pictures from the site showed scores of people standing amidst the rubble, with some tossing around the slabs of rock using their bare hands in an effort to clear the passage. Several others were seen recording the devastation on their mobiles.