A Moroccan mother and her two children died after a decorative cornice and wall collapsed on them in Italy.
Fouzia Taoufiq, 38, and her five-year-old son Soulaymane Hannach were crushed to death when part of a building fell on them in the town of Albizzate near Milan.
Mrs Taoufiq and her son died instantly when they were hit by the falling bricks at around 5.30pm on Wednesday.
The mother-of-three was pushing her 15-month-old daughter Yaoucut in a stroller when the bricks and mortar fell.
The young girl was pulled from the rubble and taken to a nearby hospital where she later died.
According to reports in the Daily Mail a decorative cornice nearly 230ft long suddenly fell on the family, pulling a large piece of wall down with it.
A 42-year-old woman was also injured when the industrial building collapsed.
A witness told Reppublica they head a noise "like an explosion" when the building fell.
He said: "Across the street was the eldest son of the dead woman. He was in tears, he asked about the mother.
"I took him to the super[market] until the dad who was at work arrived."
The witness was in a nearby supermarket, which has been temporarily closed, when the accident happened.
Noureddine Hannach, Mrs Taoufiq's husband said his eldest son watched the accident happen.
"Losing a wife and two children was a blow, it will be difficult," said Mr Hannach.
"My eldest son is at a friend's house; he says he is doing well. He saw everything."
The grieving father said he married his wife in 2007 and they had been living together in Italy since 2009.
