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Residential building collapses in Lebanon's Tripoli, trapping people, sources say

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A five-storey residential building collapsed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, trapping an unknown number of people under the rubble, security sources said.

Rescue workers and residents had so far recovered three people alive © Mena Today 

Rescue workers and residents had so far recovered three people alive © Mena Today 

A five-storey residential building collapsed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, trapping an unknown number of people under the rubble, security sources said.

Rescue workers and residents had so far recovered three people alive from under the rubble of the building in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

Reporting by Laila Bassam

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