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Supermarket cave-in must be 'treated as murder': Latvian

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AFP Riga
Latvian President Andris Berzins said today a supermarket cave-in that claimed at least 52 lives should be viewed as a murder case.

"This case must be treated as the murder of many unprotected people," the president told the public LTV broadcaster, calling for Thursday's disaster in the capital Riga to be "investigated at maximum speed".

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First Published: Nov 23 2013 | 8:00 PM IST

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