Italy Launches Manslaughter Investigation Into Sicily Superyacht Tragedy

an Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British Tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others who were killed when a luxury yacht sank off Sicily this week the head of the public prosecutor's office of terman Imes Ambrosio cartosio said while the yacht had been hit by a very sudden meteorological event it was plausible that crimes of multiple manslaughter and causing a shipwreck through negligence had been committed however he said the probe was so far not aimed at any individual the Captain James cutfield and the other survivors have been questioned this week by authorities none of them have commented publicly on how the ship went down cartosio added there was no illegal obligation for the Captain Crew and passengers to remain in Italy but authorities expected them to cooperate with the probe 15 people survived including Lynch's wife his 18-year-old daughter Hannah was among those who died another prosecutor said the meteorological event that hit the vessel was most likely a downburst a very intense downward wind that is a relatively frequent event at Sea they added that the passengers were all probably asleep at the time of the storm which was why they failed to escape the national head of the fire brigades diving service jepe Petron told reporters the passengers were stuck as Furniture had floated around the wreck retrieving the boat may help investigators determine what happened but it's likely a complex and costly operation cartosio did not rule out that someone could be put under investigation before the ship is salvaged based on other [Music] evidence across continents one powerful new [Applause] source bring you diverse perspectives on the issues that [Music] matter we go beyond the boundaries to give you that little extra about every sporting [Music] moment so thank you for making first post 5 million strong we're counting on your support and you can trust us to bring you the news unfiltered and un [Music] banished climate change is on our doorstep it's time for a revolution to take Route and it starts with 1.4 billion Indians it starts with one tree one one tree for Humanity one tree for Mother Earth one tree for a future project one tree a news 18 Network [Music] initiative World Mo across to the West E expect hello I'm Alex coming to you from South Africa today we have a special starts with an report on India nulear for the first time since IND became AAR hello and welcome to First P America I'm Eric ham coming to you live from the nation's capital of Washington DC for

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