The bodies of 16 more people who died in the fire that killed 40 people at a bar in Switzerland on New Year’s Eve have been identified, cantonal police say.
Those now identified included 10 Swiss people, two Italians, one person with Italian-Emirati citizenship, one Romanian, one person from France and one from Turkey, Valais police say. No names were given.
Police have now identified 24 of the people who died in the blaze in the mountain resort of Crans-Montana, in southern Switzerland.
Officials are still trying to identify many of those killed in the fire at the Le Constellation bar, which has become one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies. Some 119 people suffered injuries, including severe burns, with many transferred to burn units in hospitals around Europe. Work on identifying the dead and the injured are continuing, the police say.
An Israeli citizen reported missing in the fire has been named as Charlotte Niddam, who attended Jewish schools in the UK.
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