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British man and Greek wife 'killed in Athens gas leak explosion'
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The clear picture
What happened
Al Jazeera reports six deaths, including four American tourists, and two women injured after a building collapse in Athens’s Plaka district. Sky News identifies the other two reported fatalities as a British man and his Greek wife, though it says they are only believed to be among the dead.
Latest development
Al Jazeera reports two injured women following the Plaka building collapse.
Why it matters
The reported casualty count is at least eight people when Al Jazeera’s six deaths and two injuries are combined, although neither outlet establishes the injured women’s conditions.
Known / unclear
Coverage expanded from 1 to 2 attributed publishers.
The supplied reports do not establish whether investigators confirmed a gas leak, the identities or conditions of the two injured women, or the names of the six dead.
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Sources
Compiled from 2 independent publishers Al Jazeera · Sky News
Sky News provides tentative identities for two non-American fatalities—a British man and his Greek wife—while Al Jazeera’s supplied report identifies only four American tourists among the six dead and adds two injuries.
The big question
Has a gas leak been confirmed as the cause of the explosion and collapse?
No. Al Jazeera describes a suspected gas leak, while Sky News attributes the collapse to an explosion from a gas leak without providing confirmation evidence.
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- Headline updated
Two women reportedly injured after building collapse in Athens' historic Plaka district.
2 sources at this update - Development updated
A British man and his Greek wife are believed to be among those killed in a building collapse caused by an explosion from a gas leak in Athens, along with four Americans.
1 source at this update - Headline updated
A British man and his Greek wife are believed to be among those killed in a building collapse caused by an explosion from a gas leak in Athens.
1 source at this update