Italy protests against release of bar owner Moretti
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The Italian government is protesting the decision by a Valais court to release the owner of Le Constellation car in Crans-Montana from pre-trial detention. It has summoned the Italian ambassador to Switzerland back to Rome.
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The court’s decision represents a serious insult and further pain for the families of the victims, according to a government statement on Saturday. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani have therefore called Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado to Rome to discuss the next steps.
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Crans-Montana: bar owner Moretti to be released from custody
On Friday, the compulsory measures court decided to release the bar’s owner Jacques Moretti on bail of CHF200,000 ($249,000). Meloni had already made her displeasure known immediately after the court decision via social media.
Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana caught fire on New Year’s Eve. Forty people lost their lives and 116 were injured. Many of the victims were from Italy.
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