Italian biz “speechless” after Lanterna Azzurra tragedy
Police have made three arrests in relation to a deadly crush at the Ancona club on 8 December, which led to the deaths of five teenagers
News By IQ | 10 December 2018
Italy’s live music business is in mourning after six people, five of them teenagers, lost their lives in a stampede at packed nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Up to 120 people were injured after one concertgoer – reportedly a 17-year-old male, since apprehended and now in police custody – released a pepper spray-like “stinging” substance in the Lanterna Azzurra (Blue Lantern) venue in Corinaldo, in the province of Ancona, at around midnight GMT (1am local time)…
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