VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-09-16
“It felt like an earthquake. There was a loud sound and I couldn't stand up. Stones rained down on us and when I looked outside I saw a lot of dust,”
Umm Mohammed Bakrun · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16
Umm Mohammed Bakrun, a woman living in a tent nearby, described the moment the building collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday.
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