"Many of the victims were apprentices, high school students, and university students," said Pastor Gilles Cavin, representing the Reformed Church of Switzerland at the memorial mass. They include 71 Swiss nationals, 14 French -- the French foreign ministry gave a tally of 16 on Saturday -- 11 Italians, four Serbs, a Belgian, a Bosnian, one person from Luxembourg and also a Pole and a Portuguese. They are charged with manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence. - Horror and anger -The mayor of Crans-Montana, Nicolas Feraud, assured Swiss public broadcaster RTS that there had been no negligence on the municipality's part. For Patricia Mazzoni, a 55-year-old Swiss on holiday in Crans-Montana, what happened is simply incomprehensible:"How is this possible, especially in Switzerland?

Source: Bangkok Post January 04, 2026 13:07 UTC