Amman: Jordanian rescuers on Thursday retrieved another body from the rubble of a collapsed building in the capital, raising the death toll in the incident to 10.
It is not clear what caused the four-storey residential building to collapse. amman on Tuesday. Ten people were injured. Rescue teams are searching for survivors and rescued an infant on Wednesday. The number of missing people is not yet clear.
a spokesman for the officer public safety The directorate said that the death toll rose to 10 after the body was found on Thursday.
Authorities have charged three people with multiple counts of death and damage caused by the collapse of the building. State media identified the suspects as one of the building’s owners, its maintenance contractor and its maintenance technician.
The building was located in Jabal al-Webedeh, an old district of the Jordanian capital, which is popular among wealthy residents and expatriates, but also includes some poorer areas.
Jordan is a close Western ally that has long been seen as a bastion of stability in instability Middle East,
It is not clear what caused the four-storey residential building to collapse. amman on Tuesday. Ten people were injured. Rescue teams are searching for survivors and rescued an infant on Wednesday. The number of missing people is not yet clear.
a spokesman for the officer public safety The directorate said that the death toll rose to 10 after the body was found on Thursday.
Authorities have charged three people with multiple counts of death and damage caused by the collapse of the building. State media identified the suspects as one of the building’s owners, its maintenance contractor and its maintenance technician.
The building was located in Jabal al-Webedeh, an old district of the Jordanian capital, which is popular among wealthy residents and expatriates, but also includes some poorer areas.
Jordan is a close Western ally that has long been seen as a bastion of stability in instability Middle East,