Even as the funeral Mass was being held, rescuers kept searching through the rubble of the worst hit town, Amatrice, although they acknowledged they had little hope of finding any more survivors from Italy's worst earthquake in seven years. Her sister Giulia's small coffin lay in the center of the sports hall for the funeral Mass. Further funerals will be held in the coming days, including in the capital Rome, where almost 50 of the dead came from. The area is popular with vacationers and authorities are still struggling to pin down how many visitors were there when the quake hit. The Italian geological institute said some 1,332 aftershocks have hit Italy's central mountains since Wednesday's pre-dawn 6.2 magnitude quake.

Source: bd News24 August 27, 2016 15:45 UTC