Rescue teams and police hunt owner after Eastleigh high‑rise collapse

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Rescue teams are still working at the site of the Eastleigh high-rise that fell on Friday. Crews from the Kenya Defence Forces have joined personnel from other agencies in the search for survivors. The effort continues under the assumption that people may remain trapped under the rubble. Police have opened a separate line of work by going after the building's owner. Investigators want to establish how the tower came down and whether safety rules were bent in its construction. The operation in the debris now runs in parallel with a search for accountability behind it. For the people of the neighbourhood, the priority is blunt: find out if anyone is still alive under the concrete.

Emergency crews from the Kenya Defence Forces and other agencies continue searching for survivors while police pursue the building’s owner following the Eastleigh collapse on Friday.

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