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11 Killed In Wall Collapse In South Sulawesi Heavy Rains
Makassar, South Sulawesi - Eleven people were killed when a wall enclosing a housing construction project collapsed in Makassar, South Sulawesi, amid stormy weather on Sunday.
Adj. Sr. Comr. Endi Sutendi, Makassar Police deputy chief, said the incident occurred at 2 p.m. local time when much of the city was being hit by torrential rains and strong gusts of winds that began earlier in the day.
A 100-meter stretch of the wall collapsed outward onto several shacks and semi-permanent dwellings on the periphery of the housing estate on Jalan Suka Damai.
Tojeng, the local community unit chief, said that because of the rains, several people were inside the dwellings. They were among the dead, as well as others who had sought shelter from the rain beside the wall.
Hamsidar, an official with the provincial search and rescue agency, said that when the rubble from the wall was cleared away, rescuers found 16 people trapped beneath, 11 of whom were already dead.
Witnesses reported seeing an eight-year-old child among the dead.
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