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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Rescue workers have pulled 12 bodies from the rubble of a 12- story building that collapsed Monday in Alexandria, the city police chief said Tuesday.

Three people were rescued while 15 more are feared dead, Maj. Gen. Abdel-Meguid Selim told The Associated Press.

The local government had previously ordered the building, located in the Loran suburb, to be demolished or renovated because it was built without authorization more than 25 years ago, according to the state-run Middle East News Agency. A police official said the building, put up in 1978, originally had seven stories but five more were built in recent years.

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