Battista Medde, the seasonal worker from Oliena who rushed to the scene after the explosion, said: "There were many Italians in that place."

« La Constellation was also frequented by Italians, I'm Italian and I've always frequented that place, many Italians go there because it's a place that closed quite late, it had billiards and darts and the space was big enough for everyone to fit together ».

Thus Battista Medde, a seasonal worker from Oliena who rushed there immediately after the explosion .

“I was supposed to go too,” he explains, “but I preferred another venue where you could get in for free, since La Constellation had an entrance fee.”

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has already spoken of "about fifteen Italians hospitalized in various hospitals" and "an equal number missing," but "the toll could rise." An Italian task force is being activated in Crans-Montana to provide support to the families of victims and missing persons.

(Unioneonline/vl)