ROME—An Italian court on Thursday acquitted most of the defendants on trial over the deaths of 29 guests and staff when an avalanche buried an Apennine mountain hotel six years ago, Italian media, including state TV at the courthouse, reported.
Tons of snow raced down a forested slope and smashed into Hotel Rigopiano in the town of Farindola in Italy’s central Abruzzo region on Jan. 18, 2017.
Prosecutors had alleged that local officials and administrators, as well as the hotel’s owner and manager, held various degrees of responsibility in the disaster.
Italian daily Corriere della Sera said 25 of the 30 defendants were acquitted of all charges, including manslaughter, while five defendants were convicted on relatively lesser charges, such as failure to clear the road for prompt rescue….
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