Children dancing and jumping in a musical at a school in Haiti’s capital caused the building to partially collapse on its foundation Wednesday, a top Red Cross official said. The incident marked the second school building collapse in the country in less than a week.
Authorities have detained the owner of a Haitian school that collapsed, killing at least 84 students. Meanwhile, rescue workers continue to comb through the rubble in search of survivors.
Fortin Augustin, who owns College La Promesse Evangelique in Petionville, surrendered to authorities on Saturday, police spokesman Garry Desrosier told The Associated Press.
Desrosier said Augustin has not been charged. He is currently being detained at a police station near Port-au-Prince.
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