Hundreds feared trapped in Egypt rockslide

Massive boulders crashed down on an impoverished shantytown on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Saturday, killing at least 24 people, authorities said. Frantic residents dug by hand to try to reach any survivors. At least eight boulders, some the size of small houses, peeled away from the towering Muqattam cliffs outside Cairo and buried 50 homes in the sprawling Manshiyet Nasr slum, one of the shantytowns ringing Africa's most populous city. It was the latest disaster to stir public anger at a government accused by many of neglect. A lawmaker representing the area said that despite warnings that the cliff face could collapse, the government failed to deliver on promises to relocate residents. The collapse occurred in the early morning, when most residents were still sleeping after waking earlier to eat before the daytime fast of Islam's holy month of Ramadan. A security official said that 35 people were injured and many people are believed to be under the hundreds of tons of rock that fell. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

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