Reports indicate that a residential building that was under construction in Ethiopia’s capital city has collapsed, killing seven people sleeping in a house next door.
The incident happened early on Wednesday in Addis Ketema, one of the busiest neighbourhood’s in Addis Ababa, local media reported.
The bodies were recovered by rescue teams. Little is known about the identity of the victims and it is unclear whether there were any survivors.
Reports say the police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the collapse.
It is not the first time the area has experienced an incident of this kind – in 2022 at least six people died and seven others were injured after a building fell in Merkato, one of Africa’s biggest open markets.
Experts have said that poor quality structures and weak regulations are likely to have caused the buildings to collapse.
