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5 remain missing after Tel Aviv building collapse

September 5, 2016 at 12:01 pm

At least five people remain unaccounted for after a residential building collapsed today in Tel Aviv, police said.

Fifteen people have been treated for injuries in the wake of the incident, which Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said occurred when a crane collapsed on an underground car park.

The newspaper quoted an unnamed police source as saying the damage could lead to additional collapses in the area.

UPDATE: At least two people have been killed and 17 injured as a result of the collapse.