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Italy earthquake death toll rises to 267

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Italy earthquake death toll rises to 267

AMATRICE, Italy –  Italy’s civil protection agency has increased the death toll from Italy’s earthquake to 267.


The number of injured being treated at hospitals stood at 387 on Friday.


With more than a day and a half passing since the last person was extracted alive, the head of operations for the civil protection, Immacolata Postiglione, insisted that the rescue effort continued “in search of other people trapped in the rubble.”


 


Source: AP,August 26, 2016