Crans Montana massacres, the number of victims identified rises to 24. The Pope: “Near to those who are in pain”

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – 24 victims of the New Year’s Fire of Constellation in Cras Montana, Switzerland. 16 other people were identified by the Swiss police. The three Italian citizens added ten Swiss: four 18-year-old girls, two 15-year-olds and one 14-year-old; Six men 20 years, 18 years, 17 years and two of 16 years. 18-year-old Romanian boy. A 39-year-old Frenchman and a 18-year-old Turkish.

The Swiss Confederation, in collaboration with the Swiss churches, held a national mourning day on Friday 9 January. President Guy Parmelin announced it. At 14 on 9 January, the bells of all the Swiss churches will play, at the beginning of the commemorative ceremony in Crans-Montana.

“I want to express my closeness again to those who are in pain because of the tragedy in Cras Montana in Switzerland. I assure you of the prayer for the departed young people, for the wounded and for their families.” Pope Leo XIV said this on the occasion of the Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square.

SALTA IL TRASFERIMENTO A GENOVA PER DONNA USTIONATA

The arrival at the Villa Scassi hospital in Genoa of a seriously burnt woman in the Cras-Montana fire. The Region informs that “at the moment the patient’s conditions no longer allow transfer to Genoa”. Communications are expected for any other arrivals at the Centro grande burnati dell’Ospedale genovese which offered the availability for 4 beds in total.

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