印度高樓倒塌29人喪生

Indian police say a multi-story building has collapsed in Mumbai, killing at least 29 people and injuring scores of others.

Rescue workers continue to search for more people that may be trapped in the debris.

The collapse occurred Thursday evening at a seven-story building, still under construction, in the Mumbai suburb of Thane.

Most of the dead were construction workers and their families staying in the unfinished parts of the building. At least nine children are among the dead.

The Thane police commissioner says the building was weak and built illegally. Police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the builder.印度警方說，孟買一座高層建築倒塌，造成至少29人死亡，數十人受傷。

救援人員繼續尋找可能埋在瓦礫下的人。

倒塌事故發生在星期四晚上，這座目前還在施工階段的七層建築位於孟買郊區的塔那。

大部分死者是建築工人以及住在這座尚未竣工的建築內的工人家屬。死者中有至少九名兒童。

塔那的警方專員說，這座建築很不堅固而且是違法建造。當局對建築承包商提出過失殺人指控。