George building collapse: security officials discover hand in rubble

Scenes during search and rescue operations at the Neo Victoria apartment building in Victoria Street in George. Picture: Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais

Security officials dispatched to the site where debris of the collapsed George building is kept have discovered a hand.“On Friday, police were dispatched to the site where debris of the collapsed building are still kept,” said Spies.“The human remains was recovered and sent to the SAPS laboratory for forensic analysis in an effort to determine the origin and whether it could be linked to a victim who was rescued during the search and rescue operation.”Police have not found any more bodies.

The SAPS will then hand it over to the Department of Labour and Employment for its investigation to be conducted. The municipality confirmed that with the rescue and recovery efforts completed, only 62 individuals were accounted for. CCTV also showed that some of the workers on the site left before the first responders reached the site. To date, they have never reported their whereabouts.According to the municipality, 15 workers are South Africans, 19 Mozambicans, seven Zimbabweans, 13 Malawians, five Basotho, one permanent residency holder, and two of unknown nationalities.

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