Abidjan — The Angolan embassy to Côte d'Ivoire has expressed solidarity with the Government and the victims of the collapsed building of the National Criminal Investigation Department (DNIC), occurred on Saturday at dawn in Luanda.

In its letter, the diplomatic mission of Angola to the Western African country, expressed satisfaction over the assistance being provided by the State-owned institutions and other organisations toward the victims, thus lessening the losses of human lives caused by the tragedy.

According to the note, released Saturday evening, out of 181 people, who were in the building, 145 of them are inmates including 35 men and 10 women.