Tragedy in the Italian community of Albizzate. Fouzia Hanach († 38) and her two children Soulaymane († 5) and Yaoucut († 15 months) die. Your third child (9) has to watch it. His mommy and siblings were buried under the eaves of a house. The nine-year-old was not injured – because he ran a few meters behind his mommy.
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First aiders dug in the rubble for the mother and children. The 38-year-old and the five-year-old are immediately dead. Local media reports that a concrete slab almost 100 meters long fell on the two. The 15-month-old daughter was hospitalized, where she died shortly afterwards.
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Father says it looked like a “slaughterhouse”
«When I arrived it looked like a slaughterhouse. Helicopters, ambulances, police officers, »says Noureddine Hanach, the children’s father, about« Rai-Radio1 ». And further: “I was lying desperately on the floor, what else should I do?” The loss of his wife and two children is staggering.
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«Losing my wife and two of my children is a blow. I feel terrible, »he says. The family comes from Morocco. His 9-year-old son, who witnessed the death of his mother and siblings, “is doing well and is now in a friend’s house.”
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Prosecutor’s office determined
The children’s father was at work in a nearby town when the drama happened. But who is to blame for the death of his family? The Busto Arsizio public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the murder and manslaughter of unknowns. In order to reconstruct what has happened, structural analyzes are carried out on the building. It should also be clarified whether someone can be held responsible for construction defects.
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According to initial knowledge, the house, whose cornice buried children and mother, is a former warehouse. This was converted into a small «shopping center». In the partially collapsed house there was a pizzeria and other shops. (euc)