The newspaper La Repubblica is conducting a investigation about the responsibilities within the Department of Civil Protection in the event of the earthquake at l\’ Aquila. Here is what is emerging from the investigation and analysis of the documentation (now public) collected by the judges:
‘It \’s the end of March 2009, the city of Abruzzo hostage for four months of shocks measuring up to 4.1 on the Richter scale has just increased the fear. The head of the Civil Protection said on the phone that he is organizing a meeting of experts (the Commission Major Risks) just to appease the public. The experts came, they said that there was nothing to worry about. Seven days later, the tragedy’.