Natisone, the boy convinced to stay. And there is controversy over access to the river

Natisone massacre, the boy “convinced” to stay by those who couldn’t swim. And there is controversy over access to the river

There are several points still to be clarified in the Natisone massacre, a river in which three boys lost their lives. The investigations by the Udine prosecutor’s office are focusing on the rescue efforts, whether there were delays in the intervention and whether the emergency could have been managed better. But it is not the only issue that remains unresolved. Among these there is also another (dramatic) aspect that emerges: the boy, Cristian, would have been “convinced” to stay rather than run away.

He brings it back The messenger. “Sand if it had been me and two of my other colleagues, and not those three guys, we would have been saved. But we had to know the river and we had to know how to swim. Among those boys, however, there was a person who didn’t know how to swim. And that person didn’t want to pass through the water that was forming around them at first. He convinced the male not to leave and stay with her”said the mayor of Premariacco (Udine), Michele De Sabata, to Tgr.

“Everything that is from the river is not from the municipality – indicates Mayor De Sabata interviewed by reporters -. Even the signage. Of course, we have mandatory signs to put up and they are there. And if we want to put up a warning with “flash floods” we can put it up, but we are not obligated. Access to the river? There is not. We can’t ban it. Now we want to regulate the descent to the river, a process started by my predecessors”. And again: “We are not a Slovenian river”. This is a reference to state property and in particular to the autonomous region of Friulia Venezia Giulia, which are owners (and therefore also responsible for maintenance) of the river.