Workers 'forced' into Dhaka factory that later collapsed

Survivors of Rana Plaza disaster say men with 'beating sticks' made them enter cracked building

Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers are pictured at the scene after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 25, 2013. Survivors cried out to res
(Image credit: 2013 AFP)

WORKERS were threatened with 'beating sticks' to make them enter a Bangladeshi garment factory which later collapsed, killing at least 150 people and trapping hundreds more in the rubble.

About 2,000 people were inside the eight-storey Rana Plaza building in Savar – about 30km outside Dhaka city – when it collapsed yesterday at 9.00am local time. Cracks were noticed in the building on Tuesday, but its owners ignored warnings not to let staff inside the following day, local police have said.

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