We came out to the piazza, it looked like Dante's 'Inferno'

25 August 2016 - 09:45
By Reuters, AFP, Staff reporter

A powerful earthquake shook central Italy yesterday, leaving at least 120 people dead and a trail of destruction across several mountain villages packed with holidaymakers. With 368 people injured, some critically, and an unknown number trapped under rubble, the death toll from the pre-dawn quake was expected to rise, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said after visiting the badly-hit village of Amatrice.

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