A Jordanian security source said that the death toll from the collapse of an old 4-storey building in Amman rose to 14, after the last body was recovered from the rubble.
A spokesman for the Public Security Directorate, Amer Al-Sartawi, said - in a statement - that the search and rescue teams managed to extract the last body from under the rubble, "after difficult, continuous and multi-stage search and rescue operations that lasted for more than 84 hours."
According to a medical source, the last body belonged to a woman, the rescuers had recovered the bodies of two of her daughters in the previous days, bringing the death toll from what was exhumed since the moment the accident was reported to 14 deaths.
The source added that, "according to the investigation revealed about those inside the apartment building, all those trapped have been found," noting that "we have not received any reports so far about other missing persons."
As of Friday, 3 days after the collapse of the building, 13 bodies had been recovered from the rubble of the building in Jabal Al-Weibdeh, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the Jordanian capital.
The Public Prosecutor in Amman decided, on Wednesday, to arrest 3 people pending investigation, they are the son of the building owner and supervisor, the maintenance contractor, and the maintenance technician;
After they were charged with "crimes of causing death and causing injury".
The Jabal Al-Weibdeh area, where the building is located, is one of the most beautiful, oldest and oldest areas of Amman. Its construction dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, and many foreigners reside there, and it includes the headquarters of the French Cultural Center.