‘The scar is reopening’: relatives return to site of Italian shipwreck

A year on, survivors and families gather in Cutro to remember 94 who died on journey seeking refuge in Europe

Relatives of the 94 people killed in a shipwreck off a beach in southern Italy say they are still seeking “truth and justice” one year on from the tragedy.

A series of events are being held in Cutro, a small beach town in Calabria, to commemorate the dead, including a demonstration on Sunday and a torchlit procession at 4am on Monday, the time of the shipwreck, along the stretch of coast in Steccato di Cutro where many of the bodies washed up.