Police charge two in connection with building collapse

The police have revealed that this week they charged two people in connection with the collapse of a building last October in Prague’s Soukenická street which killed four construction workers: two Bulgarians, a Ukrainian and a Moldavian national. Two hundred fire fighters at the time worked more than 40 hours to try and rescue them. Charged are two construction company employees, aged 43 and 63, the police say. Next week they will release more information. City Hall for Prague 1 has maintained from the outset that the collapse which killed the men was the result of unauthorised work which included the removal of a floor and part of a stairway, affecting the building’s structural integrity.