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Seven dead, dozens trapped in Cambodia building collapse

An overhead view of a collapsed under-construction building in Sihanoukville, Cambodia June 22, 2019. [Reuters]

Seven people were killed when an under-construction building in Cambodia collapsed early on Saturday, an official said, as rescuers struggled to reach dozens of missing workers feared trapped under a mountain of twisted steel and rubble.

Twenty-two people were injured in the collapse of the seven-storey Chinese-owned project in the coastal town of Sihanoukville, west of the capital Phnom Penh.

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