At Least Three Workers Killed in Collapse of Mosque Under Construction in Kuwait

At least three people were killed and two others injured when the roof of a mosque under construction in Nahda, Kuwait, collapsed in the early hours of March 19, the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said.

Kuwait’s minister of endowments and Islamic affairs called for a quick investigation and the punishment of those responsible, if negligence was proven.

Egyptian media identified the three men as Egyptian construction workers, and said the Egyptian Consulate in Kuwait had contacted the men’s employer.

Footage here was released by the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate, and shows an injured man being rescued. Credit: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate via Storyful