RIGA: Latvia’s president demanded on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that a supermarket cave-in, which killed at least 54 people be treated as murder, as rescuers threatened by falling debris halted their search for survivors until dawn.

All search and investigation work was suspended until Sunday morning after a third section of the supermarket’s roof collapsed at 6 p.m. (4 p.m. Manila time) on Saturday without causing any injuries.

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