INZAGO (Milan) – The parents Of Fatou Sarrthe 11-year-old girl who drowned in the swimming pool in Inzago, were heard yesterday by the Milan prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti, and they recalled a tragedy that turned their lives upside down.
A family originally from Senegal who was building their future in Italy and who, with dignity and composure, asks to shed light on what happened e on any responsibilities by those who were supposed to supervise the minors during thea gita all’Aquaneva, the water park with slides and play areas, organized by the Caravaggio oratory. The Prosecutor’s Office has acquired a mass of documents from the structure, as part of investigations that are continuing on two fronts.
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In fact, it is under consideration “chain of command“ of the amusement park, the certifications, the presence or absence of the mandatory defibrillator in the facilities, the staff shifts to clarify how many (and with what tasks) there were lifeguards in the facilitywhich at that time hosted 200 children, who had arrived on five buses from different countries.
From the first investigations also revealed that Fatou drowned in one deep water tubwithout any support points for the feet. And he couldn’t swim. The second front concerns the oratory and, also in this case, the management of the trip and the measures to supervise children and young people are being examined by the prosecutor. To be clarified, in particular if there was an adequate number of adults to keep an eye on so many children, especially in a risky place like the swimming pool. Or if, as appears at first glance, control was almost there totally delegated to minor educatorsall under the age of 15 and only one 17.
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Unconscious in the pool. Three days after the dive there is a suspect. It is Don Andrea Piana
For now they have been entered in the register of suspects, with the hypothesis of the crime of manslaughter, the parish vicar who accompanied the group to the swimming pool and the lifeguard, also a minor (he will turn 18 in September), was on duty when the tragedy occurred. But the number of suspectsbased on ongoing investigations, could expand.
Yesterday an autopsy was carried out on the girl’s body, resulting in authorization from the Prosecutor’s Office for the celebration of the funeral. Fatou Sarr had recently arrived in Italy, in October last year, together with her mother who had her when she was just 14 years old. Her father, however, has been living in Italy for some time, where he has a stable job, and had managed to obtain the longed-for family reunification. Fatou was learning Italian, she was integrating into the community. Now her parents, assisted by lawyers Francesco Vivone and Mirko Mazzali, are asking for her to be let’s clarify.
