BISHKEK, November 4 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyz rescuers found four bodies in the rubble of a collapsed public toilet at one of the country’s biggest markets, a spokesman for the republic’s emergencies service said on Sunday.
“Four bodies were found - three women and a man,” emergencies ministry spokesman Abdysharip Bekelov said.
The incident took place on Saturday afternoon at a crowded market in southern Kyrgyzstan.
The reason for the collapse of the concrete toilet floor and the exact causes of death remain unclear.
Rescuers pulled 12 survivors from the rubble. Five people remain in hospital in a stable condition.