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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

No Armenians among Italy quake victims - preliminary report

No Armenians among Italy quake victims - preliminary report

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia on August 25 at 11.30 has contacted the Consul of Armenia to Italy, 2nd Secretary A. Hovhannisyan who informed that 247 have died at that period of time, and 368 were injured due to the earthquake in Italy.

According to the information, Armenians and Armenian citizens are not among the victims and wounded of the earthquake, the MES’s website reports.

Armenia’s Consulate to Italy is in constant contact with the local authorities.

BBC reported Italy has declared a state of emergency in the regions worst hit by Wednesday's earthquake as hopes of finding more survivors fade.

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has pledged €50m (£42m) in funds for rebuilding.

At least 267 people are now known to have died and 400 were injured. Teams have continued to search the rubble of toppled buildings for a second night.

However, hundreds of aftershocks have hampered the efforts of the 5,000 rescuers.

The 6.2-magnitude quake hit in the early hours of Wednesday, 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome in mountainous central Italy.

The worst affected towns - Amatrice, Arquata, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto - are usually sparsely populated but have been swelled by tourists visiting for summer, making estimates for the precise number missing difficult.

More than 200 people died in Amatrice alone, Ansa news agency reported. 

Earlier it was reported the Armenian Embassy in Italy set a hotline for Armenian citizens affected by the earthquake in Italy and need assistance, the Armenian MFA writes on Facebook, “Armenpress” reports.

The Armenian citizens can call at +390687788654.

 

 










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