Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 2013,
rufin babban kanti ya rushe a Zolitūde, daya daga cikin unguwannin garin, mai yiwuwa sakamakon nauyin kayan da aka yi amfani da su wajen gina lambun a kan rufin. An kashe mutane 54. Shugaban Latvia Andris Bērziņš ya bayyana bala'in a matsayin "kisan kai mai yawa na mutane da yawa marasa tsaro".