death toll from the Synagogue building collapse has risen to 115.
Radebe said this at an airforce base, North of Johannesburg in South
Africa where 25 South Africans who were injured in the collapsed
building were brought home in a military C-130 aircraft (pictured
above) for treatment.
He however maintained that 84 South Africans died in the tragedy.
"We understand from our assessment team that the total number of
people who have perished is now 115, but those are not all South
Africans. South Africans are about 84 that have died" Jeff Radebe told
reporters.The Nigerian Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, put the
death toll from the collapse at 86.
The South African minister also said that 26 injured South Africans
were meant to return back home today but one of them decided to stay
back at the Synagogue church. A 19-member medical team including
specialist doctors, nurses and medical military paramedics took care
of the injured on board the military C-130 aircraft. Among those
transported today included two orphaned toddlers whose parents died in
the tragedy.
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