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He drowned in the Verzasca Valley. This is reported by the cantonal police.
The tragedy happened just after 1.30 p.m. in Lavertezzo, in the Aquino area.
After a first reconstruction a 20-year-old Italian citizen residing in the province of Varese, While in the river, he was being pulled downstream by the current. On the spot, agents of the cantonal police and in support of the plan’s intercommunal police and rescuers from Salva and Rega intervened.
The young man’s body was recovered from the water around 3 p.m. The intervention of the nursing team was requested to provide psychological support.