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Cutro death toll rises to 91

Town unveils a monument to the victims

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 26 - The number of confirmed deaths in the February 26 migrant boat shipwreck off Cutro in Italy's southern Calabria region rose to 91 on Sunday after rescuers found the body of a man thought to be around 30.
    The body was in an advanced stage of decomposition.
    Approximately 10 people are still thought to be missing following the shipwreck, which occurred exactly a month ago when a fishing boat thought to be carrying 180 refuges and migrants ran aground and broke up in rough seas a short distance from the shore after four days' sailing from Turkey.
    80 people survived.
    On Saturday Cutro Mayor Antonio Ceraso, Interior Ministry Undersecretary Wanda Ferro and two survivors unveiled a memorial to the victims of the shipwreck.
    "May our thoughts and an act of love be dedicated each day to the memory of the dead and to the survivors ," reads the inscription on the monument, adding that the shipwreck "reminds us to exercise a sense of humanity, solidarity and welcome in the name of our neighbour and the highest ideal of human brotherhood".
    The ceremony was followed by a concert performed by the Calabria Symphony Orchestra. (ANSA).
   

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