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Restaurateur Reported Missing After Rescue Attempts in Brazzano di Cormons Mudflow

Local testimony describes him attempting to warn an 83-year-old neighbor, with details not yet confirmed by authorities.

Overview

  • Quirin Kuhnert, 32, is identified in local reports as one of two people missing after a mudflow in Brazzano di Cormons, in the province of Gorizia.
  • A witness account relayed by the brother of a survivor says Kuhnert helped one woman escape before heading to alert 83-year-old Guerrina Skocaj.
  • The same testimony reports he was buried by a collapsing hillside as he reached the elderly neighbor’s home, and she is also listed as missing.
  • Kuhnert is a Bavarian native who recently settled in the Collio area and opened the Buon Sapore enogastronomia on February 1 of this year.
  • Corriere della Sera cites community testimonies for these details, which have not been independently verified by emergency services as the situation develops.