Massacre at Crans-Montana, Tajani: 'Six Italians missing and 13 injured'
The victims are mainly young people, because the bar is known to be frequented mainly by them, including minors
At least 40 people died in thefire that broke out around 1.30 a.m. on 1 January at the Constellation, a popular bar in the renowned Swiss alpine resort of Crans-Montana, 112 the injured of whom"80-100 in critical condition" The head of the security department of the canton of Valais, Stéphane Ganzer, told French radio station Rtl.
"As far as the data we have, there are 13 wounded Italians, three of whom are hospitalised in the Niguarda Hospital in Milan, a fourth is on its way to the Niguarda Hospital, and six missing." This was said around 1pm on 2 January Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani who arrived in Crans-Montana on the morning of 2 January. "There are still three unidentified wounded, we hope that they could be missing Italians," Tajani added, after "a meeting at the police command in Sion".
The victims are mainly young people, because the bar is known to be frequented mainly by them, according to local youths even 13-year-olds. The ownership of the bar is French. Jessica Moretti, who was present in the bar at the time of the fire, was burnt on one arm while Jacques Moretti was not in the bar at the time of the night fire, but in one of the other two premises owned by the two.
In particular, the 19 reports of Italians are broken down as follows: 4 patients transferred to Niguarda Hospital in Italy; 9 hospitalised in Switzerland, 3 of whom will return to Italy on 2 January, while the other 6 are in too serious a condition to be transferred; 6 are missing.
Identification of the victims is ongoing, a police spokesman said this morning. The work could go on for days.
