The investigation into the fall of the concrete shelter on the Client Center building in Komárno, which occurred last week, is ongoing. Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Voice-SD) told journalists after Wednesday’s government meeting. “We will do everything we can to investigate and determine the cause of the shelter damage as soon as possible,” he emphasized. At the same time, he expressed his sincere condolences to the survivors of the second victim of the tragic event.
- The investigation into the fall of the concrete shelter on the building in Komárno continues intensively.
- Minister of the Interior Matúš Šutaj Eštok promised a quick clarification of the causes of the damage to the shelter.
- The state is preparing material for financial compensation for the families of the victims of this tragedy.
- After the February earthquake, the buildings of the Ministry of the Interior and other institutions were inspected.
- The police are conducting criminal proceedings for general threats and are considering the impact of the earthquake.
„We are also ready to respond to financial compensation, as you know very well that in the past, if such fatal accidents occurred, whether they were policemen or firefighters in the performance of their duties, the state always responded. And we are also ready for the next government to prepare material that will respond to the financial compensation of the families of these survivors,” he noted.
According to him, it is important that after the earthquake they checked all the buildings under the administration of the Ministry of the Interior in the affected area. According to him, the audit was also carried out in other objects of a similar type throughout Slovakia. He added that the same controls were carried out in the affected area by the departments of education and health.
The fall of the concrete shelter on the building of the Client Center in Komárno occurred on February 25. A 51-year-old man died on the spot. A 64-year-old man was airlifted to the Faculty Hospital in Nové Zámky with a spinal injury. A 67-year-old man was taken by ambulance to the Agel Hospital in Komárno with a minor head injury. All three were clients of the client center. The spokeswoman of the Novi Zámok hospital reported on Wednesday that on the night of Tuesday (March 3) to Wednesday, a 64-year-old man, who was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the tragic event, died.
The investigator of the Police Force started a criminal prosecution in the matter for the crime of general endangerment. Šutaj Eštok does not rule out that the February earthquake in southwestern Slovakia could have contributed to the collapse of part of the building’s roof.
