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Romanian Foreign Ministry Confirms Romanian Woman Victim Of Italy Train Blast

The Romanian Foreign Ministry has received confirmation from Italian authorities that a woman of Romanian nationality is among the victims of the train accident in Italy on Monday night, ministry spokesman Alin Serbanescu told MEDIAFAX on Wednesday.
Romanian Foreign Ministry Confirms Romanian Woman Victim Of Italy Train Blast
01 iul. 2009, 15:03, English

Serbanescu did not state the woman’s age or identity, but said her family had been contacted and that the Romanian consulate in the city Bologna is in permanent contact with the authorities.

A Romanian woman is among the victims of the freight train explosion that occurred in Italy Monday night, according to Italian news website Affaritaliani.it, which published the provisional list of victims citing medical sources.

According to the most recent toll, presented by Italian daily La Stampa, 16 people were killed in the explosion of a train transporting liquefied petroleum gas in northwestern Italy, and 34 were burnt.

According to the website Affaritaliani.it, a 40 year-old Romanian housemaid, working in a home affected by the blast, died together with the owner of the home, 90 year-old Mario Pucci. The website did not publish the name of the alleged Romanian victim.