Italy paid tribute Thursday to Turkish and Syrian quake victims on the 14th anniversary of its L’Aquila earthquake, which killed 309 folks.
As yearly, commemoration applications had been held for individuals who misplaced their lives on April 6, 2009, at 3:32 a.m. when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck.
Organized by L’Aquila Municipality, a march with torches was held within the metropolis heart in reminiscence of those that died.
The torch in L’Aquila Earthquake Park, the vacation spot of the march, was lit by Turkish researcher Cansu Sönmez and Syrian Rasha Youseff, who’re pursuing their training in Italy.
The march gave a message of solidarity to these affected by the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes that killed over 50,000 folks in Türkiye and neighboring Syria.
Afterward, a second of silence was held for individuals who misplaced their lives within the earthquakes.
The mayor of L’Aquila, Pierluigi Biondi, and the primary secretary of the Turkish Embassy in Rome, Hasan Enes Maboçoğlu, had been additionally current on the ceremony.
Source: www.dailysabah.com