Man killed in tunnel collapse
[Ma'an] A young man was killed in a tunnel collapse under the Egypt-Gaza border on Monday, medics told Ma'an.
Medical sources identified the victim as Sameer Abu Setta, 23, from Der Al-Balah, who said he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital.
Abu Setta was in the tunnel when it collapsed in the As-Salam neighborhood in the border city of Rafah, southern Gaza, sources added.
Separately, chief of ambulance and emergency services Muawiya Hassanein said a man drowned along the Al-Mawasi beach west of Khan Younis and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Khan Younis Hospital on Monday.
Hassanein identified the man as Khaled Walid Amer, 20.
Posted by: Fred 2010-06-01 |