DHAKA, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- At least a dozen people, including a child were killed and 35 others wounded in a building collapse in downtown capital Dhaka on Saturday, officials said.

The site of the collapse in downtown capital Dhaka. [Xinhua/Reuters]

    The garment factory building collapsed in the capital's Tejgaon industrial area at about 11:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) Saturday, fire service officials told Xinhua.

    "In our count 12 bodies were found so far and we rescued about 12 others wounded persons from the rubble of the five-story building that collapsed for reasons still unknown," said Bangladeshi army rescue spokesman on condition of anonymity.

    But unofficial sources put the death toll at 16.

 

Rescue workers carry a injured worker from the collapsed garment factory.

   The death toll might rise as scores of construction workers were still trapped inside the building.

    The incident was blamed on the flaws in the construction of the building formerly used as a garment factory.

    Now the building was being readied for setting up a hospital and some construction workers were believed working inside the building.

    This is the second factory building collapse in less than one year. In April last year a nine-storied building housing a garment industry near Dhaka collapsed, killing 74 workers and wounding hundreds others. Enditem