Ashraf Abo Arafe
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 3, the Arab Republic of Egypt expressed its sincere condolences to the victims of a building collapse in Magnitagorsk, cenyer of Russia, resulted in the death of innocent citizens and the injury of others.
The statement stressed the full solidarity of the Government of Egypt and its people with the friendly government and people of Russia in that painful ordeal, expressing sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wishing speedy recovery to those injured.
State news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti reported that five more bodies were recovered late Wednesday in the vast heap of concrete rubble in the city of Magnitogorsk.
That leaves eight residents of the 10-story building who have not been accounted for since a pre-dawn explosion thought to have been caused by a gas leak caused the collapse.
Six children are among the people who were killed. An 11-month-old boy who was found alive on Tuesday is in serious but stable condition at a children’s hospital in Moscow.
A cat was rescued from the debris on Wednesday afternoon, but severely cold weather has made search crews doubtful about finding more survivors.
