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Five killed, six injured in wall collapse in Bhopal

Five labourers were killed and six others injured when a wall of an under-construction well caved in at Kalara village, police said on Wednesday.

Updated on: Dec 10, 2008, 15:33:08 IST
PTI | By , Bhopal
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Five labourers were killed and six others injured when a wall of an under-construction well caved in at Kalara village, police said on Wednesday.

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11 labourers were digging the well when a large portion of mud collapsed trapping all of them under it, they said.

Three labourers were killed on the spot, while two succumbed at the hospital.

One person is still trapped in the well and the district officials have called army personnels to help them in the operation, police added.