03:22Local residents argued with the Lebanese army as rescue workers stopped searching for a possible survivor after having detected of what seemed to be a heartbeat in the rubble of a collapsed building in Beirut, on Thursday.
Residents were angered by the authorities and the army for stopping the rescue operation.
One local Melissa Fathala said, "They work all day, and suddenly the army made a decision. The construction is dangerous, and they do not want the work to continue, and that there is no crane."
"If it was the son of one of the leaders they would have ruined the universe, but being a citizen like us, there is no need to care about him," said Linda Bolous Makare.
Lebanon: Locals outraged as army stops rescue operation in Beirut
Local residents argued with the Lebanese army as rescue workers stopped searching for a possible survivor after having detected of what seemed to be a heartbeat in the rubble of a collapsed building in Beirut, on Thursday.
Residents were angered by the authorities and the army for stopping the rescue operation.
One local Melissa Fathala said, "They work all day, and suddenly the army made a decision. The construction is dangerous, and they do not want the work to continue, and that there is no crane."
"If it was the son of one of the leaders they would have ruined the universe, but being a citizen like us, there is no need to care about him," said Linda Bolous Makare.
Local residents argued with the Lebanese army as rescue workers stopped searching for a possible survivor after having detected of what seemed to be a heartbeat in the rubble of a collapsed building in Beirut, on Thursday.
Residents were angered by the authorities and the army for stopping the rescue operation.
One local Melissa Fathala said, "They work all day, and suddenly the army made a decision. The construction is dangerous, and they do not want the work to continue, and that there is no crane."
"If it was the son of one of the leaders they would have ruined the universe, but being a citizen like us, there is no need to care about him," said Linda Bolous Makare.