All defendants acquitted in Alpine tunnel fire

All defendants acquitted in Alpine tunnel fire

SALZBURG, Austria - Junko Narahara of Japan (L), whose daughter Ryoko Narahara was among 155 victims of an Alpine cable-car fire in November 2000, enters a court in Salzburg Feb. 19 to hear a ruling in the trial of 16 people accused of negligence. The court acquitted them. (Kyodo)

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