Death toll at collapsed building in Taiwanese city reaches 114 as rescue efforts end

Rescue workers remove people from the site where a 17-storey apartment building collapsed after an earthquake hit Tainan, Taiwan, February 6, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The death toll at a building that collapsed from a strong earthquake in southern Taiwan reached 114 as rescue efforts came to an end on Saturday, a week after the temblor hit.

"The search and rescue has come to an end," said Tainan Mayor William Lai, in remarks carried live on local television, identifying the last individual to be pulled out from the rubble as Hsieh Chen-yu, who was part of the fallen building's management committee.