ZHENGZHOU, May 7 (Xinhua)
-- Seven people who were killed after
a building collapsed on Friday in
central China's Henan Province have
been identified as workers of an
unlicensed construction team, local
authorities said on
Tuesday.
The victims include
six women and a man.
The
women were Li Xiamin, 47, Li Xiurong,
58, Han Yuqin, 40, Zhang Benduo, 51, Li
Zhirong, 57, Liang Chunxia, 55. The man
was Han Youshan, aged 65.
They
were locals of Liyuantun township in
Weihui City, according to a Yanjin
County government spokesman.
The
two-story building toppled at 10:20
a.m. in Hedao village, Fengzhuang
township in Yanjin, leaving seven
construction workers dead and 21 others
injured, said the
spokesman.
Four of the injured
have been discharged from hospital, he
added.
Before the tragedy
happened, 37 workers were lifting foundations
of the building but it tilted
and went out of their control,
said a worker.
The construction
team's boss is in custody,
according to the spokesman.
