About 100 people are feared trapped in a collapsed four-storey building in north-eastern Rwanda, the government says.
"The tentative information we have indicates that debris fell on about 100 people," Rwandan minister Seraphine Mukantabana told AFP.
Rwandan police say three people have been confirmed dead and 21 people have been taken to hospital.
Construction workers are believed to be among those trapped in the building.
The four-storey building in Nyagatare, 60 miles northeast of the capital Kigali, was under construction when it came down.
As the building is located by the roadside, people who were on the street may also be trapped, Rwandan Minister of Disaster Management Seraphine Mukantabana says.
The number of people working in the building is unknown but sources say it could be more than 70 people, ministry spokesman Frederic Ntawukuriryayo told the BBC.
Tuesday 14 May 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22528436
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