The collapse of a balcony in an
apartment building in the Neapolitan district of Scampia took
place overnight just as members of two families were having an
argument for futile motives, witnesses said on Tuesday.
Investigators are not ruling out the possibility that the weight
of all the people that were on the balcony at the time of the
incident could have contributed to the collapse of the
structure, which was already in a state of decay.
Prosecutors in Naples have opened an investigation into the
incident that has left two people dead and 13 others, including
seven children, injured.
Two of the injured children are in critical condition.
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