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A day after fire with six dead in the city of Solothurn, it is clear that the dead are asylum seekers. The flames killed members of two families from Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The deceased are four adults aged 27 to 33, a toddler and a school-aged child. This informed Tuesday the cantonal police of Solothurn.
All the deceased are members of a family of four or five people and are from Eritrea and Ethiopia. They lived in the fire object never an apartment.
Three other children, who also belong to the two affected families, are still in the hospital. Both of them are severe and a moderately severely injured. The police do not want to give any details about the victims without taking their relatives into account.
City plans memorial service
In the property affected by the fire, the canton has rented two floors for accommodation of asylum seekers, said the mayor of the city of Solothurn, Kurt Fluri, at the "Solothurner Zeitung". Some children went to kindergarten in Solothurn.
According to Fluri, nine people were registered there. However, at the time of the fire, 20 people remained in the building, as had already been reported by the cantonal police in Solothurn on Monday.
The city of Solothurn is preparing a memorial service for the victims. However, it was first necessary to know which religious communities the victims belonged to, Fluri continued.
According to the police, a cigarette had been mishandled and burned in the building. The fire started on a lower floor and caused thick smoke. This has spread throughout the building. The fire completely destroyed the ground floor.
Person in detention
The person arrested after the fire is still in detention. The lawsuit opened against one person a criminal investigation for multiple negligence homicide, multiple assault and negligent cause of a conflagration, said Cony Zubler, of the prosecutor's office. Solothurn, to "CH Media".
(NN / SDA)
Created: 27.11.2018, 17:22 pm
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