Swiss police on Sunday said they have identified 16 more of those who died in a bar fire on New Year's Eve that killed 40 people, one of the worst disasters in recent Swiss history.
Those now identified included 10 Swiss people, two Italians, one person with Italian-Emirati citizenship, one Romanian, one person from France and one from Turkey, Valais police said. No names were given.
Police have now identified 24 of the people who died in the blaze in the mountain resort of Crans-Montana, in southern Switzerland.
Officials are still trying to identify many of those killed in the fire at the Le Constellation bar, which has become one of Switzerland's worst tragedies.
Some 119 people suffered injuries, including severe burns, with many transferred to burn units in hospitals around Europe. Work on identifying the dead and the injured are continuing, the police said.
Two people who ran the bar are under criminal investigation on suspicion of offenses including homicide by negligence, prosecutors said on Saturday.
Israeli girl missing following Swiss disaster, Foreign Ministry says
Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Needham was identified as the Israeli who the Foreign Ministry noted was out of contact following the disaster.
Needham, who has also lived in Britain and France, has been out of contact since the incident and is listed among the missing in the deadly fire.
Needham, until recently, lived in Bushey, just outside London, and studied at the private Jewish secondary school Immanuel College.
"We urgently ask our school community to come together to support Charlotte Needham," the school said in a press statement. "The families have asked that we all keep them in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."
"We are all praying for a miracle for Charlotte and the others, and want the families to feel the full strength of the support of the Immanuel College community."