News24 reports that police advised on Saturday that a hand had been found in the rubble of the collapsed Victoria Street building in George.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Christopher Spies said officers had been sent to the site on Friday, to inspect debris from the building that collapsed on 6 May. There, they were shown a hand that security personnel had discovered earlier. "The human remains were recovered and sent to the SAPS laboratory for forensic analysis to determine the origin and whether it could be linked to a victim who was rescued during the search and rescue operation," Spies advised. He confirmed that no further bodies had been found. The discovery came just days after rescue workers cleared the construction site, after two weeks of sifting through the rubble to find survivors. Sixty-two people were pulled from the collapsed building, 33 of whom are deceased. The Western Cape government is conducting an investigation into the collapse.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at News24
- Lees ook, George: Oorskot in bourommel gevind, by Maroela Media
- En, Ramp in George onthou, by Maroela Media
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