A seven-year-old girl drowned at summer camp after being given the wrong-coloured wristband.
Panic set in when staff found Anisa Murati’s pink sandals at the edge of the biolake.
They searched everywhere and called her name, but no one could find her – and no one had seen her last movements.
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Emergency services were eventually called and divers later recovered her body from the bottom of the lake, about 2m deep.
The tragedy occurred at a church summer camp in Caraglio, Italy, on 24 July, 2024.
Now, more than a year later, public prosecutors in nearby Cuneo have requested that six people face trial for manslaughter.
Among those named are engineer Stefano Ferrari and architect Graziano Viale, who signed off on the biopark, and its manager, Roberto Manzi.
The others are parish priest Fabrizio Della Bella, who organised the summer camp, and the two young animators responsible for supervising the children.
Investigators say all six displayed “negligence and incompetence” and claim the biopark suffered from structural, design, and safety deficiencies.
The first error occurred when the children arrived – the animators gave everyone orange wristbands, indicating they could swim.
Anisa, however, should have received a green wristband, showing she was not confident in the water, as reported by Creatorzine.
The wrong wristband allowed her to approach the biolake – which had murky waters and a slippery bed – without armbands.
Manzi reportedly called Della Bella to warn him that the animators were not supervising the children properly, but prosecutors say he failed to intervene.
Only two animators were present and when the alarm was raised, just one was actually on duty, even though four lifeguards were legally required.
Prosecutors also allege that Manzi failed to provide basic safety measures, such as a floating barrier separating the shallow and deep areas of the lake.
Ferrari and Viale are accused of signing off on the completed biopark works even though they allegedly did not conform to the approved project.
Anisa was the daughter of Albanian parents, Jetmir and Rozafe, who live in Demonte with two other children.
The couple had already lost another daughter to illness in 2019 while living in Prazzo.
At the time, Anisa’s headteacher, Diego Deidda, described her as “a bright, cheerful child, friendly and good at school”.
Jetmir, then 37, called Anisa “my life” and recalled: “My little girl wore glasses. She always kept them in her bag because I taught her to take them off before going in the water so they wouldn’t break.
“We found them in her bag. That means she went into the water on purpose – she didn’t just fall in by accident.
“Why didn’t anyone see her? A child moves and struggles in the water – you would notice.”
The case continues.
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