A 5-story apartment building collapses in Cairo and kills at least 12 people, with two missing

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a five-story apartment building has collapsed in  Cairo, leaving at least 12 people dead. The state-run MENA news agency said four survivors were recovered from under the rubble of the building, which collapsed Monday in the Hadaeq el-Qubbah neighborhood. Police forces cordoned off the area as rescue teams combed through the rubble, searching for survivors. Following an initial inspection, Egyptian authorities said the collapse was caused by one of the ground floor residents who removed a number of walls during earlier maintenance work. Prosecutors say that man has been arrested. Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas.