Arabian Business brings you dramatic images from the rock slide tragedy in northern Cairo.
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Riot police were required after furious residents hurled stones and insults at authorities for what they believed were inefficient rescue efforts. (Getty Images)
Egyptians help a panicked woman at the site of the massive rock slide. Huge boulders each weighing hundreds of tonnes according to one official had crushed some 35 homes in the impoverished and over populated Manshiyet Nasser neighbourhood. (Getty Images)
An Egyptian rescue worker searches for survivors with the help of a trained dog under the rubble of homes at the site. (Getty Images)
According to the health ministry, at least 31 people were killed and 47 injured in the accident.
Egyptians remove heavy rocks as they search for survivors under the rubble. (Getty Images)
By Sunday morning cranes and special heavy lifting machinery could still not access the scene, security officials said. (Getty Images)
After an emergency meeting on Saturday evening, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said that there would be a full review of housing settlements built throughout the country without construction permits.
