Flags will fly at half-mast
in the hometown of Valeria Solesin, the sole Italian victim in
Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, until the day of her
funeral, said Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro on Monday.
Solesin, 28, was a doctoral student in sociology at
Sorbonne University and was killed at the Bataclan concert hall.
Brugnaro declared the day of Solesin's funeral as a
city-wide day of mourning.
Solesin graduated from the Trento University and was
remembered on Monday during a minute of silence at noon in all
public offices throughout the region of Trentino-Alto Adige,
declared by regional governor Ugo Rossi.
The university followed suit with a minute of silence at
noon during a class in the sociology department, followed by a
statement from the conference of Italian university rectors
(CRUI).
The Italian consul in Paris, Andrea Cavallari, spent Friday
night confirming Solesin's identity and on Saturday officially
notified Solesin's family of her death.
Cavallari confirmed that for the moment there are no other
Italians known to have been killed in the attacks.
Solesin's mother, Luciana Milani, said her daughter was in
the last year of her sociology doctorate, specialising in family
welfare, and that she did volunteer work with Paris's homeless
population.
"It was a way to better know the place where she went to
live temporarily, to satisfy her desire to help, beyond (the
desire) for knowledge," Milani said.
"I'll miss her very much, and I think that our country,
Italy, will miss her, for the gifts that she had".
Solesin's death was also recognized by Italian heads of
state President Sergio Mattarella, who said she represented "our
future", and Premier Matteo Renzi, who said a scholarship will
be created and named in her honour.
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