A pedestrian walkway in a housing project in the Italian city of Naples has collapsed, killing two people and injuring a dozen others.
The collapse overnight involved an extended family, killing a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman, news agency ANSA reported.
Seven children aged between two to 10 were among the injured, two of whom are in intensive care, according to local reports.
The cause is still under investigation.
Local media reported that all those involved in the balcony collapse had been from the same family.
The Il Mattino newspaper reported that residents have been stopped from walking on walkways in other parts of the complex not affected until checks have been carried out.
It reported that officials did not think there was a connection between ongoing construction work at the base of the housing complex and the balcony collapse.
Authorities evacuated the building where the collapse occurred in the so-called "Blue Sail" housing block.
The building, part of a huge complex of seven housing blocks built between 1962 and 1975, has been marked for 18 million euros (£15.1million) in renovations.
Four others have been demolished and two more are scheduled for demolition.
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