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May 14, 2013

Search for Bodies at Collapsed Garment Building in Bangladesh Ends; Death Toll at 1,127 
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The search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed garment factory
building in Bangladesh has ended with the death toll at 1,127. The
collapse was one of the worst industrial disasters in history. For
nearly three weeks rescuers have combed through the wreckage of the
eight-story Rana Plaza building outside Dhaka. The last body was
recovered Sunday night. On Monday, roughly 100 garment factories near
Dhaka were shut down amid protests over the death of a 22-year-old
garment worker whose body was found Friday inside a factory. A police
official said Parul Akter had committed suicide.

 

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