Overview
- Valais police said 16 additional victims have been identified from the New Year’s Night blaze, taking confirmed identifications to 24 of the 40 dead.
- Most of those newly identified were teenagers aged 14 to 18, reflecting the youthful profile of many victims, according to police.
- The newly named include four Swiss women, six Swiss men, two Italians, one youth with dual Italian–UAE nationality, a Romanian, a French national and a Turkish national.
- Authorities previously confirmed eight other victims as Swiss and said the ongoing identification work involves Valais police, a Disaster Victim Identification team and the Institute of Forensic Medicine.
- Officials maintain the death toll at 40 with 119 injured, have confirmed nationalities for 105 of the injured across several countries, and set January 9 as a national day of mourning.