Prosecutors in Naples have placed
under investigation the parents of two children suspected of
throwing a statue from their home's balcony that hit in the head
a 30-year-old tourist, Chiara Jaconis, who was fatally injured,
judicial sources said Thursday.
State attorneys are probing the couple on manslaughter and
non-vigilance charges.
The charges were officially pressed ahead of the autopsy.
Meanwhile police on Wednesday examined a video showing the
incident in which one of the children allegedly threw the statue
from the balcony, investigative sources said.
Jaconis, who was in Naples on holiday with her partner to
celebrate her 30th birthday, died on Tuesday as a consequence of
traumatic brain injuries caused by the falling statue.
The woman was being treated at the Ospedale del Mare in the port
city where she was taken after the incident Sunday.
She was hit by the statue while walking in one of the most
famous areas of Naples - the Quartieri Spagnoli (Spanish
Districts) - before heading to the airport to take a flight back
home.
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