A child and eight kids among the many 15 killed when a residential constructing collapsed within the Syrian metropolis of Aleppo

Rescue groups among the many stays of the propertyAPTN

The incident occurred within the Sheikh Maqsud neighborhood in a constructing inbuilt 2011Rescue, civil safety and firefighting groups are nonetheless working to seek for doable survivorsEleven years of battle have critically broken tons of of buildings within the nation

At least 15 folks have been killed, most of them ladies and youngsters, by the collapse of a residential constructing within the Syrian metropolis of Aleppo, activists have confirmed.

The incident occurred within the Sheikh Maqsud neighborhood and there may be proof of a child, eight kids and 5 ladies among the many deceased.

According to sources from the Governorate to the official Syrian information company SANA, the five-story constructing collapsed as a consequence of a water leak in its foundations.

Rescue groups, civil safety and firefighting are nonetheless working to seek for doable survivors among the many rubble.

Many buildings within the metropolis, which is managed by Syrian Democratic Forces militias, have been destroyed or critically broken by the 11-year battle that has rocked the nation.

Sources from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had indicated that the constructing was inbuilt 2011, after the withdrawal of Syrian forces, and lacked administrative and supervisory our bodies. It was constructed, they add, with out taking into consideration the minimal safety specs.