19 labourers killed in Mumbai

Published February 4, 2007

MUMBAI, Feb 3: At least 19 labourers were crushed to death on Saturday when a wall they were building collapsed near Mumbai, police said.

“We have recovered 19 bodies of people who died when one of the walls of the warehouse suddenly gave way,” said a policeman.

Police have arrested the owner of the warehouse and the contractor who engaged the labourers for the building project, he said.-—AFP