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28 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco

Agencies | Rabat

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

At least 28 workers have been killed in the Moroccan city of Tangier after heavy rains flooded a clandestine garment factory, Morocco’s state news agency MAP reported Monday.

Local authorities said firefighters and emergency workers on Monday rescued 10 survivors from the factory, in the basement of a residential villa, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

Search operations were still underway to rescue other workers trapped inside the flooded factory.

The total number of workers remains unknown. An investigation has been launched.

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