Posted on 05/10/21
| News Source: Times of Israel
Police on Monday detained for questioning two engineers who were involved in approving arrangements at a religious festival last month where 45 people were crushed to death in an overcrowded walkway.
Investigators from the Lahav 433 national crime unit brought in the safety engineer and the safety adviser who signed off on the Lag B’Omer festival at Mount Meron.
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It marked the first formal questioning or gathering of testimony by police as they probe the disaster that happened 11 days ago.
Police also visited the offices of the engineers in the Arab town of Ka’abiyye to search for relevant documents, Channel 13 News reported.
Read more at Times of Israel.