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Wednesday, 8 February 2012


Pakistani security personnel and rescue workers search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed factory in Lahore on February 6, 2012.
Pakistani security personnel and rescue workers search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed factory in Lahore on February 6, 2012.


21 dead after factory collapses in Pakistan

The death toll has risen to 21 after a factory collapsed in Pakistan. 

21 people were killed and dozens of people, including women and children, were trapped when a factory collapsed in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore, police said

The majority of the dead were women and children who worked in the factory.

Rescuers managed to pull 17 people out alive, but many more are still trapped inside.





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