Kenya: 2 dead, 14 missing after building collapse

[June 14, 2011]  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A six-story building under construction in Kenya's capital collapsed on Tuesday, killing at least two people and leaving 14 missing, officials said.

The Red Cross dispatched people to the scene. Spokeswoman Nelly Muluka said two people were killed and six wounded after a building on a main Nairobi highway collapsed.

Fred Majiwa, a spokesman for an ambulance service, said 14 people were unaccounted for.

The collapsed building is on Nairobi's outskirts, near its international airport.

[Associated Press]

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