One body found under rubble of Alexandria building

CAIRO – 6 April 2018: The body of Amr Abdel Aziz Al-Beltagy, 36, was found Friday under the rubble of the Alexandria building that collapsed earlier the same day, Alexandria Governor Mohamed Sultan announced.

The body was moved to Kom el-Dekka morgue.


The collapsed building number 4 in Al-Quds Street, Sidi Gaber, Alexandria, April 6, 2018 – Egypt Today

Earlier on Friday, a security source at the Directorate of Alexandria announced that there were four individuals under the rubble of the collapsed building, according to eyewitnesses and residents of the area. The source added that victims are still being searched for with police dogs.

A previous statement issued by the Alexandria Security Directorate stated that Moustafa El-Nemr, director of Alexandria Security, was notified that seven-tier-building number 4 of Al-Quds Street collapsed earlier on Friday, at 3 a.m. El-Nemr headed to the site of the collapse immediately, accompanied by several officers of civil protection and security forces from Sidi Gaber Police Department.