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Lebanon judge charges owners of collapsed Beirut building
Jan 20, 2012, 11:26 GMT
Beirut - A Lebanese judge on Friday charged with negligence the owners of a building that collapsed in Beirut at the weekend, killing 27 people.
If found guilty they could face between 15 and 25 years in prison.
The old, six-storey building in Ashrafiyeh, an eastern neighbourhood of Beirut, crumbled to the ground within minutes, burying residents, many of them foreign labourers. Twelve people were also wounded in the incident.
The collapse sparked public anger and accusations that successive governments had failed to enforce the law on building maintenance and safety and address the problem of illegal construction after the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war.
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