Italy: carry on sun-bathing, even with two corpses lying nearby?

The bodies of two drowned Roma children lie covered by towels on an Italian beach while holidaymakers carry on unfazed enjoying the sun.

Cristina Ibramovitc, 12, and Viola Ibramovitc, 11, were left on the sand for an hour among 'indifferent' holidaymakers after being caught in rough seas.

The two, who are related but not sisters, were among four children who had gone onto the beach to beg.

Their death highlighted Italy's dramatic problem with Roma gypsy youngsters.

Last month Italian interior minister Roberto Maroni announced controversial plans for fingerprints to be taken from all Roma children, a move widely condemned.

Minister Maroni said the plan would cut down on parents who sent their children onto the streets to beg instead of sending them to school.

The tragedy happened on a stretch of beach at Torregaveta, north of Naples, after witnesses said the children, who had been begging and selling trinkets, rushed into the sea.  More...

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