"Investigators have identified 24 of the 40 people killed in the New Year's Eve bar fire in Switzerland, including children as young as 14 and 15. Police in Valais canton said on Sunday they had managed to identify 16 more bodies from the blaze in Crans-Montana, one of the worst disasters in recent Swiss history, with forensic work particularly slow-going due to the horrific burns sustained by most of the victims."
"Those most recently identified were 10 Swiss nationals, two Italians, one person with Italian-Emirati citizenship, one Romanian, one person from France and one from Turkey, Valais police said. They did not release any names as loved ones were still being notified. The youngest person identified so far is a 14-year-old Swiss girl. Two 15-year-old Swiss girls were also among the dead. Ten of the other bodies identified on Sunday were teenagers aged 16 to 18, police said."
"Our Arthur has departed to party in heaven, Laetitia Brodard-Sitre said on her Facebook page. Now we can start our mourning, knowing he is in peace. Hundreds of people joined a silent procession through the upmarket resort town on Sunday to honour the victims of the catastrophe. After a service at the Chapelle St-Christophe, the sombre crowd, many with reddened eyes, filed silently out of the chapel to organ music."
Twenty-four of the 40 victims of the New Year's Eve bar fire in Crans-Montana have been identified. Forensic identification has been slow due to severe burns sustained by most victims. Those recently identified include Swiss nationals and people from Italy, Romania, France, Turkey and one person with Italian-Emirati citizenship. The youngest identified victim is a 14-year-old Swiss girl; several victims are teenagers aged 14 to 18. Authorities have withheld names while notifying relatives. Families and hundreds of mourners held a silent procession and left flowers, cuddly toys and tributes at a makeshift memorial.
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