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AT LEAST 46 people died and dozens more were hurt in a giant landslide at Ethiopia’s largest rubbish dump outside Addis Ababa, a tragedy squatters living there blamed on a biogas plant being built nearby.
Saturday’s landslide flattened dozens of homes of people living in the Koshe dump when part of the largest pile of rubbish collapsed, an AFP journalist said.
Dagmawit Moges, head of the city communications bureau, said 46 people had died — 32 female and 14 male, including some children.
Many of the victims were squatters who scavenged for a living in the 30-hectare dump, she said.
Musa Suleiman Abdulah, who lost his wooden shack topped with plastic sheeting in the disaster, said when it happened, he heard “a big sound”.
“When we came out, something like a tornado is rushing to us. We started to collect family members” and escape, he said. “People helped. My child and family left before the destruction happened.”
The streets in the neighbourhood below were filled with women sobbing and wailing.
Bystanders said there were still people trapped under collapsed mounds of rubbish, but police were preventing locals from getting close to the site.
Just six people were seen digging through the rubbish yesterday looking for survivors and bodies.
Ibrahim Mohammed, a day labourer living at the landfill whose house was narrowly spared destruction, said the disaster happened in “three minutes”.
He estimated that more than 300 people live on the landfill.
Construction materials, wooden sticks and plastic sheeting could be seen in the wreckage, the AFP journalist said.
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Pretty good value considering people were paying that for 5 bedroom gaffs a few years ago!
The 1997 “business consortium” included an individual named Fergus Appelbe. In the late 1980s, Today Tonight produced not one, but two full programmes on Applebe’s conveyancing activities in Cork and Kerry. Retired Dutch pensioners were a favourite target. Instead of being struck off, the Law Society appointed him head of their Conveyancing Committee!!
To add insult to injury, he proceeded to rack up millions in property dealings, all of which the taxpayer had to bail out.
How certain individuals continue to walk the streets defies belief.
Someone should make a site for haunted properties so us normal people can buy off superstitious people for a discount.
Beautiful spot!
Superstitious bùllshit wouldn’t put me off. If only I was an oligarch.
I’d rather own a cardboard box in Dublin than live with the culchies
Ye west Brits wouldn’t be welcome in real Ireland anyway !!
Ye west Brits wouldn’t be welcome in real Ireland anyway !!
Off with you so.
Cultchies go way u muppet there 100000 in Waterford City and least not 90% of people aren’t junkies go back to bed u fool
Ah dessie just wanted to check yis were all awake. I love yis all really
Seems like most of ye are sleeping in card board boxes anyway full of junkies
Boom
Would love to buy this.
Beautiful hotel and a very fine golf course.
I read this in The Times this morning. It mentions that Maurice FitzGerald took ownership of it in 1160. Pretty hard to do seeing as he didn’t come to Ireland until 1169! Bit of factual research goes a long way.
48 house’s, a hotel and golf course set on over 300 acres.. a steal at 4.5 million, no doubt it will be snapped up by the Chinese or Mr Trump
4.5 million for a 5 bed gaff?????
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