16 feared dead after Thai building collapse

Thai police on Wednesday said up to 16 people were believed to have died when a building caved in during construction, as they issued arrest warrants for several people behind the project. Three bodies -- including those of a woman and her four-year-old daughter -- have so far been retrieved from the rubble of an unfinished student accommodation block, which collapsed on Monday in Pathum Thani province, neighbouring Bangkok. Rescuers on Tuesday pulled a 24-year-old Thai man alive from the debris, but police said they believed 13 other people had perished. Police have arrest warrants for two project engineers, the site foreman, and the owners of both the construction company and the accommodation block, according to AFP.