Martigny (AFP) – Switzerland has been left "devastated" by the deadly Crans-Montana bar fire that killed 40 people celebrating the New Year, President Guy Parmelin told a national service of remembrance on Friday. Meanwhile Frenchman Jacques Moretti, co-owner of the bar Le Constellation, where the tragedy took place, was taken into custody.
"Our country is devastated by this tragedy. We honour the memory of those who were lost, and we stand beside those now facing a long journey of recovery," he said at the ceremony in Martigny, southwest Switzerland's Wallis canton.
