Four dead, 29 injured in Tassia building collapse

People watch as rescue teams search the scene where a six storey building collapsed in Tassia estate, Nairobi today. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

At least four people were killed and 29 injured on Friday when a residential building collapsed in the Tassia estate, Nairobi, police said, as rescue workers struggled to free a woman who was screaming from under the rubble.

Scores of people were clustered around, held back by a cordon, waiting to find news of their family and friends as police and a mechanical digger worked through the wreckage.