Synagogue Tragedy: Death Toll Increases To 115

South African minister in charge of Pretoria’s response to disaster, Jeff Radebe, said yesterday that the death toll from the Synagogue Church building collapse has now increased to 115, and 84 of them were South Africans.He said, “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”.Speaking after about two dozens injured survivors were repatriated home, he said the casualties included 84 South Africans.
Minister Radebe gave the number of the injured that arrived home as 25, saying that one person refused to board the medical evacuation plane in Lagos and chose to return to the church which crumbled in Lagos on September 12.“The plan was to bring back all the 26, but “there were only 25 who actually boarded the aircraft because one returned to the Synagogue yesterday,” he added.The 26 survived after being trapped under the rubble when a Guest House attached to the church run by a prominent Nigerian preacher, TB Joshua collapsed more than a week ago.