Malaysian killed in Philippine building collapse

MANILA: A Malaysian citizen who was trapped in an apartment hotel next to a collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga, in the northern Philippines, has died, according to local media on Sunday, according to Xinhua.

Twenty-six people have been rescued after a nine-storey building under construction collapsed early Sunday in Angeles City.

Twenty-four people were pulled from the collapsed structure, while two others were rescued from the nearby apartment hotel struck by the incident.

Earlier, it was reported that a 51-year-old Malaysian was among those rescued following the collapse.

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