NY Mayor: Death toll from Brooklyn building collapse rises to at least 8
NY Mayor announces 8 dead in Brooklyn building collapse, while Washington police report 4 injured in a shooting.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
The mayor of New York City announced on Thursday that at least eight people were killed in the collapse of a three-story building in Brooklyn, near a construction site, as fire crews continued search and rescue operations amid the rubble, hoping to find others who may be trapped under the debris.
The building collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a post on the X platform, “There are no words to express the magnitude of this devastating loss. My heart goes out to the families and loved ones of those we have lost, to the injured, and to everyone who is grieving today.”
Meanwhile, U.S. police announced on Thursday that four people were injured in a shooting incident in the upscale Logan Circle neighborhood of the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.
