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The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

‘The scar is reopening’: relatives return to site of Italian shipwreck

Flowers, crosses and shoes form a memorial on a beach near Cutro
A memorial on a beach near Cutro. Some people are still missing a year on from the tragedy. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images

Relatives of the 94 people killed in a shipwreck off a beach in southern Italy say they are still seeking “truth and justice” one year on from the tragedy.

A series of events are being held in Cutro, a small beach town in Calabria, to commemorate the dead, including a demonstration on Sunday and a torchlit procession at 4am on Monday, the time of the shipwreck, along the stretch of coast in Steccato di Cutro where many of the bodies washed up.

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