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Two Workers Injured In Tunnel Fall, One Seriously
Two Workers Injured In Tunnel Fall, One Seriously
27/05/2012
GAZA, (PIC)-- Two Palestinian workers fell in a tunnel while working inside it in Rafah, to the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
Local sources said that the two workers are in their twenties and were taken to hospital.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for ambulance and emergency services, said that one of them was seriously injured while the other’s injuries were moderate.
He underlined that 170 citizens were killed in similar accidents in the tunnels while 900 others were injured since 2006
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