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At least 24 dead in Cairo rockslide




People search for survivors under the rubble
of homes at the site of a massive rockslide
at Moqattam hill in northern Cairo. At least
24 people were killed on Saturday when dozens
of homes in a northern Cairo shantytown were
crushed by a massive rockslide, rescue officials
said.CAIRO (AFP) - At least 24 people were killed
on Saturday when dozens of homes in a northern
Cairo shantytown were crushed by a massive
rockslide, rescue officials said. Dozens of people
were still believed trapped under the rubble and
rescue operations continued into the evening, they said.



Disaster struck at 8:50 am (0650 GMT) when huge boulders estimated by one official as each weighing "hundreds of tonnes" broke off Moqattam hill and struck Isbat Bekhit in the densely populated Manshiyet Nasser neighbourhood. The section of hill that broke away was estimated at 60 metres (yards) wide and 15 metres long.

According to rescue workers, at 24 people were killed and 36 injured. But lawmaker Haidar Bardadi said he expected the toll to rise drastically, saying 35 homes had been crushed and between 150 and 200 people were trapped beneath the rubble.

Rescuers used their bare hands to shift debris in a desperate bid to search for victims while Police cordoned off the area and specialist dog handlers were deployed to try to locate survivors.

But rescue teams were forced to wait for five hours for cranes and special heavy lifting machinery to arrive before they could move the rocks. "It was horrible, like an earthquake," said Sarghali Gharib, who lost eight members of his family in the rockslide -- five sisters, a sister-in-law and her two children.

The reason for the rockfall, which came at a time when many people were still at home resting during the first weekend of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was not immediately known.

But witnesses said work had been taking place on the hill for several weeks, and that the authorities had been warned about the dangers. "They (authorities) were doing some work up on the hill. I am sure this is what caused the rockslide," said shoemaker Mohamed Gaber.

Mohamed al-Sayyed, 80, too blamed the authorities. "They had said they would evacuate the entire neighbourhood in order to set up an industrial zone. We were happy about this... but they did no such thing." Driver Abdel Latin Hossam said "there had already been some landslides, slightly hurting some people."

The interior ministry said in a statement that plans were underway to evacuate Isbat Bekhit in a month's time. An AFP journalist at the scene said there was panic as residents of the poor neighbourhood searched frantically for missing friends and relatives.

"Two years ago the authorities warned us that it would fall on top of us, and today the drama has arrived," said Jamal Badr, 32, whose brick-built home was buried in the rockfall. Most of the brick-built dwellings in the district have two floors and were put up without adhering to planning regulations and without construction permits. The arid Moqattam hill is broken up by chalky rock slopes, and a number of unofficial housing areas are huddled at its base, along the length of a main road into the city.

Members of the Zabbalin community live there, Christian Copts who work mainly in collecting and sorting the rubbish created by a sprawling capital city that is home to about 20 million people. Egypt has a poor track record of building safety often blamed on the flouting of construction regulations, particularly involving adding extra floors without permission.

In July five people were killed, including seven-year-old twins, when a three-storey building in the Nile Delta collapsed. Last December 35 people were killed when a 12-storey building in Alexandria came down. Two years earlier, in the same city, the collapse of a six-storey building killed 19 people. Three extra floors had been added illegally.

Tougher legislation against construction firms that ignore the law was introduced in 1996 after a building in Cairo's residential suburb of Heliopolis caved in, killing 64 people.





pshawwww   tanah runtuh sana  banjir sini... topan sana... gempabumi sini...   natural disaster ni menyerang tak henti2 ekkkk...  

aku bajet... nanti tambah lagi yang mati  ni.. mula2 ajer 24... nanti tambah laei nih...

[ Last edited by  amazed at 1-3-2009 10:33 AM ]

shahx

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amazed

09 September, 2008

Death toll from Egypt rockslide tops 50

Gambar AFP Egyptians gather at the site of a massive rockslide in northern Cairo. More than 50 people have been killed in a massive rockslide which flattened homes in a Cairo shantytown, a security official has said, with yet more bodies pulled from the rubble two days after the tragedy.

CAIRO, Sept 8, 2008 (AFP) - More than 50 people were killed in a massive rockslide which flattened homes in a Cairo shantytown, a security official said Monday, with yet more bodies pulled from the rubble two days after the tragedy.

Many other bodies are feared entombed in the debris after giant boulders crushed dozens of homes in the shantytown of Manshiyet Nasser on Saturday, burying whole families.

As four more corpses were pulled out of the rubble, rising as high as 15 metres (yards), a security official told AFP that the casualty toll stood at 51 dead and 57 injured.

Egypt's mufti Sheikh Ali Gomaa -- the leader of the nation's Sunni Muslim faithful -- said all those who died in the Ramadan tragedy were "martyrs," Al-Masri Al-Youm newspaper reported.

Television reports suggested as many as 500 people could be missing as rescuers continued in a desperate race to find survivors of the tragedy, which struck as most people were sleeping, it being the first week of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Rescue efforts -- expected to last several days -- are proceeding slowly as authorities break the giant rocks into pieces small enough to be hauled away. The army and emergency services are also trying to create narrow passageways between the massive rocks to allow them access to the remains below, wary of setting off new rockslides.

Most of the brick-built dwellings in the district have two floors and were put up without adhering to planning regulations and without construction permits.

The army tried to get residents to move into an improvised camp made up of 60 tents in a nearby public park, although some survivors refused to go, insisting instead on being given proper new homes.

Survivor Abdallah Salem, 60, whose home was unscathed by the landslide, said he feared further rocks tumbling down. "We're afraid to sleep in our homes for fear that our fate might be the same as that of our neighbours," Salem told Al-Badil newspaper.

The arid Moqattam hill is broken up by chalky rock slopes, and a number of unofficial housing areas are huddled at its base, along the length of a main road into the city.

Several rockslides have occurred in the area previously, the most deadly of which killed 70 people in the adjacent Zabaleen area in 1993.

"The government knew that people could die and, in spite of that, it didn't take any action," resident Waheed Rabie told the state-owned Egyptian Gazette newspaper.

Residents on Sunday threw rocks at security forces, denouncing what they said was a slow official reaction to the catastrophe.

Egypt has a poor track record of building safety often blamed on the flouting of construction regulations, particularly involving adding extra floors without permission.

In December, 35 people died when a 12-storey apartment block in the northern city of Alexandria collapsed as restoration work was under way on the first floor.

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Originally posted by shahx at 8-9-2008 07:47 AM
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tu citer sedey wokey......  ni ha aku ada satu lagi  citer pasal egypt... jap aku update wokey..

amazed

11 terbunuh pangsapuri tumbang di Kaherah



KAHERAH: Sekurang-kurangnya 11 maut apabila sebuah pangsapuri empat tinggi tumbang ketika penghuni sedang tidur di bandar pelabuhan Alexandria, di sini, awal hari ini.

Setakat ini 11 mayat ditemui di celah serpihan bangunan dengan 35 orang dilaporkan selamat dan 10 lagi cedera.


Mayat yang ditemui itu termasuk seorang wanita bersama bayinya, lapor agensi berita MENA.

Bangunan pangsapuri itu runtuh jam 1 pagi waktu tempatan ketika penghuni sedang nyenyak tidur. - AFP






tingat highland towers!!!     baru ajer  aku bukak thread pasai tu kat CI pagi tadi..... ni hah  ada citer pasai  condom  tumbang lagi.... doniya doniya...

dexa

ANGGOTA penyelamat berusaha menyelamatkan mangsa
kejadian apartmen runtuh di Alexandria, semalam.- AFP


11 terbunuh, apartmen runtuh di Mesir

KAHERAH 8 Okt - Sekurang- kurangnya 11 orang terbunuh dan 10 lagi cedera, setelah sebuah apartmen empat tingkat runtuh di bandar pelabuhan Alexandria hari ini.

Kejadian tersebut berlaku kira-kira pada pukul 1 pagi waktu tempatan, ketika penduduk yang tinggal di bangunan itu sedang tidur.

Seorang anggota Parlimen Mesir, Saleh Subhi yang berada di tempat kejadian menyalahkan pihak berkuasa tempatan atas kejadian itu.

"Bangunan tersebut sememangnya memerlukan kerja-kerja pembaikan," kata beliau.

Antara mayat yang ditemui termasuklah seorang wanita yang sedang memeluk bayinya.

- AFP

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sedih baca part perempuan yang peluk bayi nya tu ---

Feno

condom tumbang?

amazed

Originally posted by Feno at 16-11-2008 11:19 PM
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amazed

Bazar 1,500 tahun jadi sasaran bom
ANGGOTA polis Mesir berkawal di luar kawasan yang
menjadi lokasi letupan bom di bazar Khan el-Khalili,
Kaherah kelmarin.



KAHERAH - Polis Mesir semalam menyatakan seramai tiga suspek ditahan berhubung kejadian letupan bom di sebuah bazar terkenal di Kaherah yang menyebabkan seorang remaja Perancis mati manakala 25 yang lain cedera.

Serangan kelmarin merupakan keganasan paling buruk terhadap warga Barat di Mesir sejak 2006 namun sehingga kini tidak ada pihak tampil mengaku bertanggungjawab.

Bom berkenaan meletup di laluan kafe dan restoran di Khan al-Khalili yang wujud sejak 1,500 tahun lalu.

"Selain tiga suspek itu, beberapa orang turut ditahan untuk disoal siasat," kata seorang pegawai polis.

Remaja Perancis berumur 17 tahun itu mati di hospital. Mangsa menyertai kumpulan 54 remaja dari Paris untuk membeli-belah cenderamata di kawasan tersebut untuk dibawa pulang.

Letupan itu turut mencederakan 17 rakannya termasuk seorang berada dalam keadaan parah.

"Letupan itu sangat kuat. Orang ramai menjerit dan kami lari bertempiaran," kata seorang ahli rombongan, Romy Janiw, 28.

Menteri Kesihatan Mesir, Nasir Rasmi berkata, mangsa yang cedera termasuk seorang warga Jerman, Arab Saudi (tiga) dan Mesir (empat).
"Kebanyakan kecederaan berpunca daripada objek tajam," kata Nasir.

Saksi dan polis memberitahu, dua butir bom dilempar dari atas bumbung yang bertentangan dengan bazar tersebut.
Bom kedua tidak meletup dan ia dimusnahkan oleh pihak berkuasa, kata sumber polis. - AFP

nour2001

yg ni laki ckp highly possible dilakukan oleh gomen mesir sendiri..sbb berlaku 1 jam sebelum martial law expired (1981-2009)..so gomen mesir bwh dictator aka King hosni akan buat apa saja tuk kekalkan ML ni hingga sanggup bunuh rakyat sendiri..

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Bom meletup di stesen kereta api Kaherah

KAHERAH: Seorang lelaki melempar sebutir bom di stesen kereta api bandar raya ini yang sesak dengan orang ramai dan penumpang, tetapi tiada dilaporkan cedera.

Sumber berkata, penyerang terus melarikan diri dan setakat ini tidak diketahui motif serangan itu.

Serangan ini kurang seminggu daripada kejadian letupan bom di kawasan tumpuan pelancong di bazar Kaherah menyebabkan seorang pelancong remaja Perancis terbunuh.

Jumaat lalu pula, seorang guru berbangsa Amerika cedera di muka selepas diserang seorang lelaki Mesir, juga di kawasan tumpuan pelancong di tengah Kaherah.

Media Mesir melaporkan, penyerang terbabit memberitahu polis dia membenci warga asing dan marah dengan tindakan terbaru regim Israel menyerang Semenanjung Gaza. - Reuters