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Two more bodies pulled from Iraq shrine after landslide

Iraqi rescue workers search for survivors trapped under the rubble of the Qattarat Al-Imam Ali shrine in Karbala on Aug. 21, 2022. (AFP)
Iraqi rescue workers search for survivors trapped under the rubble of the Qattarat Al-Imam Ali shrine in Karbala on Aug. 21, 2022. (AFP)
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22 Aug 2022 05:08:33 GMT9
22 Aug 2022 05:08:33 GMT9
  • Rescue services: Overall death toll from shrine collapse is now seven

KARBALA, Iraq: Two bodies were recovered on Monday from a shrine in Iraq’s Karbala after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, bringing the overall toll to seven dead, rescue services said.

“Unfortunately, we found this morning (Monday) two bodies, a man and a woman,” under the rubble of Qattarat Al-Imam Ali, Jawdat Abdelrahman, director of the civil defense media department, said.

AFP

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