The two are a Romanian man and woman and both were arrested while officers riding motorcycles were on duty to navigate rubble-strewn streets.
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Both were driving a vehicle with German plates.
Relatives and friends gathered around the caskets, including those of two small children, which were carried into the tent in pouring rain after a summer storm broke over Amatrice, the worst-hit town from the August 24 quake.
Nearly 30 people died in earthquakes in northern Italy in 2012 and more than 300 in the city of L’Aquila in 2009. Some people are sleeping in cars near their homes for fear of looting.
The official death toll now stands at 290 with most of the dead coming from around the Amatrice area.
Reconstruction efforts following a 2009 quake which killed more than 300 people in the nearby city of L’Aquila have been hampered by red-tape and corruption, and only a tiny part of the town centre has been rebuilt. She didn’t say where the bodies were found in the hill town, but all bodies found in the last few days were located in the rubble of the Hotel Roma.
Amatrice’s mayor has said about 10 people are unaccounted for.
Archibishop Tartaglia highlighted the close links between Scotland and Italy saying Scots were in tears over the tragic events in central Italy where at least 290 people were killed and hundreds more injured after a 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Wednesday. Premier Matteo Renzi and President Sergio Mattarella were on hand for the Mass being celebrated by local bishops.
Francis led prayers for the quake victims at the Vatican on Sunday (Aug. 28) and announced plans to visit survivors in the affected area soon.
30 de agosto de 2016, 12:25Rome, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) With a day of national mourning and a state funeral, Italy pays tribute today to the victims of the quake that devastated extensive areas of the central region that killed at least 292 people. Townspeople yelled they wanted to have the service in Amatrice, a medieval town in the central Apennine mountains devastated by the quake.
Last year, an estimated 1.3 million Romanians were living in Italy.
“A special crew of Russian rescuers will arrive to Italy on September 5 with all the necessary equipment to participate in rescue and reconstruction operations”, Ragaglini told reporters at the ceremonial opening of a book of condolence in the Italian embassy in Moscow.
Romanian prime minister Dacian Ciolos is travelling to Amatrice for the funeral, as 11 of the dead were Romanians. “So they are disoriented, because they feel they were left without a future”.
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A team of Russian rescuers will arrive in Italy on September 5 to assist in clearing the debris after a powerful natural disaster hit the country, Italian Ambassador in Moscow Cesare Maria Ragaglini said on Tuesday.
