As the bill Switzerland is paying Italy for the medical expenses of the Crans-Montana casualties grows ever more expensive , the political controversy is heating up. The Lega dei Ticinesi is taking the offensive, accusing Italy of "squeaking" over the matter and calling for a halt to the possibility of the Confederation paying .

"We don't like it," writes Lorenzo Quadri, a member of the Swiss National Council, in the Sunday edition of Mattino della Domenica, "that Swiss taxpayers are once again being criminalized and forced to pay taxes because of the Morettis, the mayor of Crans, and possibly the Canton of Valais."

In the last few hours , other hospitals, in addition to the one in Sion, have been sending families astronomical bills, reaching up to 200 thousand euros like the one received from Zurich .

Lombardy's regional welfare councilor, Guido Bertolaso, broadens his criticism of Switzerland's handling of the situation: "It was certainly a gross error, a mistake from every perspective: it's an ethical issue. Here we are faced with a massacre that, everyone knows, should and could have been avoided, with rescue efforts that weren't particularly effective and efficient."

The videos of the massacre

And starting today, the civil parties, lawyers, and families of the 41 victims and 115 injured are focusing precisely on those few minutes on January 1st, when the New Year's Eve party for nearly 200 young people turned into tragedy. They will be able to view the unfiltered images recorded in the Constellation when the fire broke out. This is a crucial step in the investigation. But for the parents, it risks being a harrowing, unbearable experience .

"I already know what happened, I don't need to see anything, I'm not interested, and I won't go to Sion," explains Giuseppe Tamburi, father of Giovanni, the sixteen-year-old from Bologna who died in Crans-Montana. Umberto Marcucci won't be there either; his son Manfredi was injured on New Year's Eve. "No, I won't go see this video. I think," he says, "the families of the injured are moderately interested, because they've told us a bit about it themselves, and then we're sick of the videos."