Muqattam Death Toll Rises to 51, Armed Forces Warn of New Rockslides

(Almasry alyoum)

Yesterday, rescue teams and firefighters took 14 bodies out of the rubbles of the Muqattam Mountain rocks, setting the death toll at 51 plus 57 wounded. Cairo Governor Abdel Azim Wazir said he would not declare the final number of the killed and wounded until rescue operations were over. Security sources said between 15 and 20 people were still missing, claiming they were probably under the rubble. Dozens of local residents from Duweika and Bakheet demonstrated yesterday in front of Manshiet Nasser Municipality to protest against officials' refusal to meet them and the slow pace at which these people were given alternative apartments. Some of them clashed with the police