Italy mourned the victims of the collapse of a motorway bridge in the northern city of Genoa with a state funeral on Saturday (today), as rescue workers kept searching for the last few unaccounted people buried in the rubble.
The mass for 19 of the victims was held at the exhibition and trade centre of the northern port city and led by the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco.
But some of the victims’ families boycotted the event and held their own private services, as a protest against the state, seen as negligent in its role of overseeing safety on the privately run bridge. The mass was held at the exhibition and trade centre and led by the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco.
Bagnasco, during his homily, said the collapse of the bridge wounded genoa’s heart and caused endless pain