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Accident at marble factory in Ibri; Death was ten

The bodies of four people who went missing in an accident at a private marble factory in Ibri, Oman, have been found. The death toll from the tragedy has risen to ten. Authorities have been searching for the bodies of four people in recent days.

The Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority said it was still searching for the missing. The Inspector General of Police and Customs and members of the National Council for Emergency Management also visited the site yesterday to see the progress of the rescue operation. The Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority said rescue operations were being hampered as the rock was still falling at the site.

Six people were killed in an accident in the Al-Ard area of ​​Ibri province around 12 midnight on Saturday. The first layer of marble, three meters thick and 200 meters high, collapsed. The workers were Indian and Pakistani workers at the time of the accident. The search is being led by search and rescue teams from Dahira Governorate.