The results of the jet set of the Jet Set night collapse in Santo Domingo on April 8 was further increased on Monday to 231 dead, the Minister of the Interior Faride Raful announced during a press conference.
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“We have confirmed a number of victims who died of the accident which amounts to 231 dead: 221 which were identified on the spot and 10 others which were identified in hospitals,” said the minister.
The public health service said that 12 patients remain hospitalized, including three in critical condition.
Considered the greatest tragedy of the century in the Dominican Republic, the disaster exceeds, in terms of human assessment, the fire in 2005 of a prison in Higuey, in the east of the country, which had cost the life of 136 detainees.
The disco roof collapsed on April 8 at 0.44 am (4:44 GMT) while between 500 and 1,000 people attended a concert by the star of Merengue Rubby Pérez, who died during the accident. Some 189 people were rescued.
The presidency announced the creation of a commission of national and international experts to determine the causes of the accident.
The six days of mourning decreed by President Luis Abinader ended on Sunday.
Among the deceased victims include a French couple living in the Dominican Republic and an Italian. Washington announced on Friday the death of “several American citizens”, without giving figures. The press reported a Kenyan, Haitian and Venezuelans killed.
New York mayor Eric Adams arrived in Santo Domingo on Sunday and was to visit the loss site and meet the family of a New York police retiree who died in the tragedy.
New York welcomes the largest community of Dominicans outside this Caribbean country. “They are not only my residents, I considered them my family,” Adams told the press. “More than 200 family members lost their lives last week, and what is the family doing in mourning? She crosses it together, “he said.
