Rome, Jan 24, (dpa/GNA) – The Italian government has criticized the release on bail, of the owner of the bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, where 40 people died in a fire at a New Year’s party.
The decision by a Swiss court to lift the detention order for Jacques Moretti is “an insult to the memory of the victims and an affront to their families,” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on X on Saturday.
Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had recalled the Italian ambassador to Switzerland to Rome, to “determine the further steps to be taken,” the government said.
Six Italian teenagers lost their lives in the fire at a New Year’s party in Le Constellation bar. Several people are also being treated for severe burns in Milan.
On Friday, a Swiss court lifted Moretti’s pre-trial detention. In return, he must deposit his identity and residence documents with the public prosecutor’s office, is not allowed to leave the country, must report to a police station every day and pay bail.
GNA