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Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Auki in Malaita Province have removed a dead body found underneath Fiu Bridge in Central Kwara’ae this morning.

Investigation, on the ability of investigators to analyze the potential causes for the collapse. what have you been told about the impact of the demolition on that effort? >> i havent. i had a brief conversation with our structural engineer, they hired their own engineer, this is the gentleman who did the pentagon after 9/11 and the fiu bridge. so this man is imminently qualified to assist us. hes working hard to give me the information that i need to share with you. i had not heard that this de...

Same name, presumably, the same plans. presumably, the same materials. and the clock is ticking on that building, too. what we did for that was we sent our building inspector in there with an inspector we hired. an emanate inspector. the inspector who after the 9/11 attacks and the fiu bridge when it fell down so he is one of the best in the business. and he went into the building where people were fearful because they were calling me, listen, is my building safe? i couldnt tell them it was safe...

The parking garage and the pillars were not necessarily all that stable. youve seen those report? >> well not only have i seen those reports but ive talked to an engineer that we brought on. i called my staff to congratulate them on decision to bring this particular engineer on because hes the guy that oversaw the investigation at the pentagon after the planes struck. hes the guy that over saw the investigation after the fiu bridge fell. so he is imminently qualified to advise us and we have him...