Unauthorized Excavation Damages Buildings

News May 1, 2013

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ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT—Cracks have developed in six structures in the Karmouz neighborhood of Alexandria. The damage is thought to have been caused by illegal digging beneath the entrance to an adjacent building. Police arrested a 29-year-old man who had several clay pots in his possession.

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