Overview
- The Sion coercive measures tribunal declined house arrest for the Constellation co-owner and instead ordered passport surrender, a ban on leaving Switzerland, daily police reporting and a precautionary bail.
- Judges noted prosecutors did not seek pretrial detention and cited only a flight risk, reflecting Swiss procedure that favors liberty before conviction.
- Italy has formalized participation as a civil party as victims’ lawyers press for the probe to be assigned to an external special prosecutor.
- Zurich forensic investigators documented large stocks of pyrotechnics at the venue, while evidence and witness accounts indicate obstructed emergency exits and highly flammable interior materials.
- An autopsy on 16-year-old victim Riccardo Minghetti found death by asphyxia, with toxicology analysis pending.