Prosecutors in Crotone on Tuesday
served notification to six officials that they have concluded an
investigation into allegedly negligent delays in the rescue
effort regarding the shipwreck of the Summer Love boat off the
Calabrian town of Cutro on February 26, 2023.
The disaster claimed the lives of at least 94 migrants and
refugees, including 35 children, who perished when their boat
broke apart on rocks in rough seas just off the coast after five
days' sailing from Turkey.
Italian investigators often serve notification to suspects that
they have concluded a probe before making indictment requests.
The case regards alleged delays by the coast guard and finance
police in going out to sea to rescue the boat despite alleged
evidence that it was in distress.
The officials under investigation are four finance police
officers and two coast guards.
Eighty people survived the disaster.
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