Building collapse kills 4 in southern Ethiopian city

ADDIS ABABA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A building collapse in Ethiopia's Arba Minch city, 435 km south of capital Addis Ababa, has killed four people and injured 11 others.

Those killed were tenants in the two-storey guesthouse and an unknown number of people were trapped in the rubble, according to a report on Monday by the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency.

Arba Minch mayor Ezo Emaqo said the owner of the building has been put under arrest for constructing an unsafe building structure that had possibly led to the collapse of the edifice.