Scampia bids farewell to building collapse victims

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 29 - About 300 people on Monday attended the funeral of Roberto Abbruzzo, 29, Margherita Della Ragione, 35, and Patrizia Della Ragione, 53, who died last week in the collapse of a terrace in one of the infamous 'Sails' apartment buildings in Naples' Scampia district.
    The funeral, celebrated by the archbishop of Naples, Mimmo Battaglia, was attended by authorities including Naples Prefect Michele di Bari, Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca and Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi, who declared a day of mourning on Monday to commemorate the victims.
    The collapse of the terrace also injured 12 others, including seven children under the age of 10.
    Four of the injured are still in hospital critical condition - two adults and two children.
    Prosecutors in Naples have opened an investigation on potential charges of collapse due to negligence and manslaughter over the incident that involved the only 'Sails' apartment building set to remain after several others have been torn down over their state of decay in the crime-ridden district.
    A 'restyling' of the area, which is trying to make a civic comeback after years of being identified with the Camorra mafia and drug pushing, has started. (ANSA).