Prosecutors investigate school collapse

Prosecutors arrived in abandoned San Giuliano di Puglia today to start an investigation into whether anyone was to blame for the deaths of 26 children buried under their school in an earthquake.

Prosecutors arrived in abandoned San Giuliano di Puglia today to start an investigation into whether anyone was to blame for the deaths of 26 children buried under their school in an earthquake.

As aftershocks continued to rattle residents evacuated to tent cities outside town, attention focused on why the schoolhouse collapsed in Thursday’s 5.4-magnitude quake when most other buildings remained standing.

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