Investigators probe quake tragedy school

Prosecutors investigating the earthquake-triggered collapse of a school which killed 27 students have notified several people connected with the building’s construction that they are under criminal investigation, Italian state TV reported today.

Offices for prosecutors in the town of Larino, which is near San Giuliano di Puglia, the hamlet rocked by the October 31 quake, were closed for the weekend and could not be reached for comment.