Bangladesh building collapse death toll tops 1,000

Bangladesh police fire tear gas and rubber bullets as hundreds of stick-wielding workers in the Dhaka area stop traffic, smash vehicles and vandalize garment factories that refused to close during a declared day of mourning. Traffic was clogged for hours as demonstrators, some waving black flags, called for the arrest and punishment of the owner of Rana Plaza, which collapsed April just outside Dhaka, the capital. (AFP/Getty Images)

May 8, 2013 2:14 PM PT

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The death toll in Bangladesh has risen to more than 1,000 people after the April 24 collapse of a building that housed five apparel factories, officials said. The collapse touched off protests by garment workers at other plants.

Bangladeshi soldiers rescue a survivor after she was recovered, 60 hours later, from the rubble of a collapsed building on the outskirts of Dhaka (AFP/Getty Images)

Bangladeshi rescuers work at the site of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed April 24 near Dhaka. (A.M. Ahad / Associated Press)

A Bangladeshi rescue worker is carried from the site of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed April 24. The worker was injured during a stampede caused by crowd panic over rumors that other sections of the building might collapse. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

Bangladeshi rescue workers search the rubble at the site of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

Sparks fly as a Bangladeshi rescuer works at the site of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed near Dhaka on April 26, 2013.

(A.M. Ahad / Associated Press)

Bangladeshi rescue workers dig through the site of the building that collapsed. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

A hand and a foot of lifeless victims trapped in the rubble of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed April 24 near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

Rescuers look out from broken glass walls of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed April 24 near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (A.M. Ahad / Associated Press)

Bangladeshis display portraits of missing relatives at the site of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed April 24 near Dhaka. (A.M. Ahad / Associated Press)

Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers conduct search-and-recovery operations 60 hours after the Rana Plaza building collapsed near Dhaka. (Munir Uz Zaman / AFP/Getty Images)