Victims of the earthquake toll rises to 207 dead Italy

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that the number of victims of the earthquake that struck on the center of the city of Aquila, Italy has risen to 207 dead and more than 1500 injured. Berlusconi said at a briefing in Aquila that 17 people were still missing, pointing out that 100 of the wounded were in critical condition. The latest official toll of the killing of 179 people and the loss of 34 and about 1500 others injured. The present data in parallel with the inflow of reports of strong earthquake today, central Italy. According to media reports that the population of the Italian capital Rome felt the earthquake that struck the region, at 11.25 local time 9.25 GMT. It is unclear how much damage could be caused by this quake. The quake, which struck the area yesterday strongly Aquila six degrees on the Richter scale, left the island as a correspondent around 70 thousand Creda and the displacement of about 100 thousand others from the affected area were damaged after the 10 thousand houses in 30 villages. The Hospital of the University of Aquila and the city that they are no longer able to absorb the displaced, saying they feared the deterioration of the situation there. The quake occurred shortly after the third and a half hours (01:30 GMT) on Monday, while residents were asleep and only the land and houses belonging to the ancient churches of the Middle Ages. The head of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Seismology Enzo Bushie The weakness of the buildings is the reason behind the rising death toll from the quake, which was not very strong. Berlusconi said - which his government is facing real difficulties in overcoming the economic crisis - that the cabinet will be 30 million euros (40.6 million dollars) for emergency assistance, and pledged to build a new town of Aquila over the next two years