Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 15


CAIRO — At least six people were killed and five others injured on Friday when a four-storey building collapsed in Egypt’s northern coastal city of Alexandria, official news agency MENA reported.

The five injured people, including two children, were transferred to the nearest hospital, and are in unstable conditions, it added. (Egypt-Building Collapse-Casualty)

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JAKARTA — Eight people were killed and six others injured in a multiple collision on the Semarang-Solo toll road in Central Java on Friday at 4 a.m. local time.

Six people died at the scene, and another two died while receiving medical treatment at the hospital, according to Boyolali Regency police officer Herdi Pratama. (Indonesia-Traffic Accident-Casualty)

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NAIROBI — Four people died and 11 others were rescued while emaciated from occultation underground in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi, the police confirmed on Friday.

The police said in a security report that they had been tipped off there were dozens of people starving to death at a private farm in the area. (Kenya-Church-Cult)

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YANGON — Eight people, including five children, have been killed and 31 others injured by a drone attack in western Myanmar’s Sagaing region on Thursday, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported on Friday.

The bomb attack carried out by a drone happened at around 5:40 p.m. local time on Thursday near a government school at a village in Sagaing township of Sagaing region, the report said. (Myanmar-Drone Attack-Death)

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