The Prime Minister of Latvia, Valdis Dombrovskis, resigned today Wednesday November 27th after saying he is politically accountable for the fail of a supermarket roof that killed 54 people and wounded at least 40 others last week, the Associated Press reports.
The roof of Maxima Supermarket positioned in Riga collapsed on Thursday November 21 eliminating a few people including three rescue workers. 39 others were seriously injured. The store collapse is said to be the worst disaster in Latvia since 1950. Dombrovskis, who was the longest-serving prime minister of Latvia (2009 - 2013) felt so responsible for the destructive incident that he resigned.