One of the Romanian victims dead in the earthquake in Italy is a 36-year-old woman from Dolj. Aurelia Daogaru was from Malu Mare locality near Craiova in Dolj county and was married to an Italian citizen.
The Romanian Embassy in Rome announced Aurelia’s mother back in Romania about the tragedy.
Aurelia’s husband, Italian Fabrizio Graziani also died in the quake, while their 11-year-old boy has been saved.
According to Aurelia’s cousin, the boy, Alexandru is safe now, while he miraculously managed to survive.
The woman’s relatives say that she left to Italy 12 years ago. According to “Il granchio” Italian publication, Aurelia Daogaru was the deputy responsible of the regional volunteering healthcare assistance association, Arvas.
The Romanian Foreign Ministry has confirmed so far that the death toll among the Romanians in Italy’s quake climbed to five. Another four fellow countrymen are injured, and another 11 gone missing.
However, a representative of the Romanian Diaspora in Italy revealed that there are actually 10 Romanians who died in the earthquake, while the number of the missing persons is still unknown.
“At the moment, off the record, there would be ten Romanians confirmed as dead in Rieti, northern Lazio region. As to the missing people, the problem is that many Romanians are on holiday during this period. Moreover, quite many Romanians are working under counter in Italy, so one cannot know their real number,” Radu Nicolae, the secretary of the Unioni Italiana del Lavoro trade union told Mediafax.
On the other hand, the local councilor in Verbania, Italy, Adrian Chifu stated that 100 Romanians are living in Amatrice, the locality that has been the nearest to the quake’s epicentre.
The Romanian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson told RFI that there are 8,000 Romanians overall living in the two Italian regions affected by the earthquake and that the death toll could rise. Ionut Valcu also said that the conditions of the four injured Romanians is serious.