All victims of bar hearth catastrophe recognized – DW

[ad_1] All the 40 victims who had been killed in a bar hearth within the Swiss Alps throughout New Yr's celebrations have been recognized, police in Switzerland stated Sunday.

Twenty-six of the victims had been underneath the age of 18, whereas two of those that misplaced their lives within the hearth had been simply 14, officers stated.

The fire on Thursday at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana is without doubt one of the worst disasters in Switzerland's historical past, President Man Parmelin has stated.

A vigil to honor the victims was held within the ski resort on Sunday.

The bar's house owners, a pair, are under investigation for homicide by negligence , police have stated.

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What do we all know in regards to the victims?

In response to Swiss police, 21 of the fatalities had been Swiss nationals and 7 had been French residents. One sufferer was a twin Swiss-French nationwide, and a 15-year-old woman was a French, British and Israeli citizen. Six of those that died had been Italian.

The deaths additionally included individuals with Emirati, Belgian, Portuguese, Romanian and Turkish nationalities.

Flowers and different objects had been left at a memorial for the hearth's victims Picture: Jean-Christophe Bott/KEYSTONE/image alliance

Police haven't launched the identities of any victims.

Along with the 40 individuals who had been killed, greater than 100 had been injured, a lot of them critically. Thirty-five of the injured have been transferred to hospitals in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy.

Crans-Montana remembers the victims of the hearth

At a small church simply down the highway from the destroyed bar, a service was held Sunday in reminiscence of the victims.

Emergency employees had been applauded through the vigil Picture: Baz Ratner/AP Photograph/image alliance

After the service, the group moved to Le Constellation bar and the makeshift memorial subsequent to it, with guests applauding the emergency service employees in attendance.

Switzerland will maintain a nationwide day of mourning on Friday in reminiscence of the victims, nationwide president Man Parmelin instructed native newspaper Sonntagsblick , including that everybody within the nation "can personally keep in mind the victims."

Exterior the church, individuals watched the mass on a giant display screen in temperatures as little as -9 Celsius (15.8 Fahrenheit) Picture: Antonio Calanni/AP Photograph/image alliance