Three Confirmed dead, Two Rescued, 40 missing as wall collapses

Three people have been confirmed dead and two others rescued, while 40 are yet to be found after they were buried by sand this afternoon at a construction site.

Three Confirmed dead, Two Rescued, 40 missing as wall collapses
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Three people have been confirmed dead and two others rescued, while 40 are yet to be found after they were buried by sand this afternoon at a construction site.

The unfortunate even happened at Kyamula on Salama road makindye division, Kampala near the home of . These were constructing a stay wall, and the police say they are yet to find out who the owner of the site is.

Those rescued have been identified as Arafat, Ssentongo Raymond and Bawalana.

The deceased include the site engineer Kigozi from Kawempe, and Bbosa whose head was cut off, while another could not be identified.

According to the Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango, the deceased have been rushed to Mulago hospital, by Red Cross, while the rescue mission continues.

Nobody is however certain of the number of people who were buried under the ground, but some neighbors say it was 7, while other put the number at 47.

In December, 5 people were buried by sand and died instantly in Kansanga.

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