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Posted on January 3, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleSwiss prosecutors investigate bar managers for negligence after a New Year's Day blaze in Valais kills 40. Charges include homicide by negligence.
VIENNA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors said on Saturday they have placed under criminal investigation the two managers of a bar where a blaze on New Year's Day killed at least 40 people.
The offences they are suspected of having committed are homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, the prosecutors' office in the canton of Valais said in a statement.
(Reporting by Francois Murphy; editing by Jason Neely)
Homicide by negligence occurs when a person's actions unintentionally cause the death of another individual due to a lack of reasonable care.
Arson by negligence refers to the act of causing a fire through careless or reckless behavior that leads to property damage or endangers lives.
Causing bodily harm by negligence involves inflicting injury on another person due to a failure to exercise reasonable care in one's actions.
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