JERUSALEM: MAN BELIEVED TO BE OWNER OF COLLAPSED BANQUET HALL APPEARS IN JERUSALEM COURT.

Record ID: 216671

  • Title: JERUSALEM: MAN BELIEVED TO BE OWNER OF COLLAPSED BANQUET HALL APPEARS IN JERUSALEM COURT.
  • Date: 27th May 2001
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (MAY 26, 2001)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: EXTERIOR OF COURT 0.06 2. GV/MV/PAN/VARIOUS: INTERIOR OF STAIRWAY IN COURT - COURT OFFICIALS LEADING ACCUSED DOWN STEPS/ VARIOUS ACCUSED (ONE BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE OWNERS) WALKING DOWN STAIRS SHIELDING THEIR FACES FROM NEWS CAMERAS/ MORE OF SECURITY/ EXTERIOR OF COURT (9 SHOTS) 1.22
  • Embargoed: 11th June 2001 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA4M44SJQP67MTWXBO4OP7E28BG
  • Story Text: A man believed to be one of the owners of the banquet
    hall which collapsed in Jerusalem, killing at least 23 people,
    has appeared in court.



    The man, whose name was not immediately available,
    appeared in court Saturday (May 26) evening in Jerusalem along
    with at least five other people.

    A police spokesman said earlier that 10 people had been
    arrested, including the hall's owners, two contractors, and
    the inventor of a light-weight construction material used in
    many Israeli buildings since the 1980s but since banned.

    The investigation came amid growing public anger over
    charges of shoddy construction in the hall, which had stood
    for 15 years in the Talpiot industrial park.

    Police and army officials have said an engineering fault
    was responsible for the collapse.
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