Death toll in partial building collapse in Belgorod climbs to 11

Emergencies May 12, 19:14

Earlier reports said 10 people were missing and being searched for as a section of the building collapsed following a Ukrainian attack

MOSCOW, May 12. /TASS/.The death toll in the partial collapse of an apartment building in Belgorod following a Ukrainian attack has grown to 11, the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS.

"Rescuers have recovered a seventh body from the rubble," the ministry said.

Before Russian Emergencies Ministry official told TASS that there were six bodies found.

Later three more bodies, including the bodies of two children, have been recovered from the debris.

Earlier reports said 10 people were missing and being searched for as a section of the building collapsed following a Ukrainian attack.

Belgorod and its suburbs came under massive shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces earlier on Sunday. Fragments of a downed Tochka U missile damaged a ten-story residential building, causing one of its sections to collapse. More than a dozen people, including children, have been injured in the attack.

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