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Guard Alleges Owner Ordered Exits Shut Before Crans‑Montana Nightclub Inferno

Internal CCTV will now be shared with parties, marking the next step in the cross‑border probe.

Overview

  • Security guard Predrag Jankovic told Sion police he heard Jessica Moretti instruct staff to keep security and service doors closed so no one entered without paying.
  • Witness accounts describe youths trying and failing to force a barred service door, with many victims later found near the basement stairwell.
  • Investigators have recovered internal surveillance video that will be shown to parties, including footage believed to extend past the previously known 1:23 a.m. cutoff.
  • After talks in Bern, prosecutors announced strengthened coordination that lets Italian investigators join judicial‑assistance steps in Switzerland, but no joint investigative team was formed and Italy’s ambassador remains recalled.
  • Jessica Moretti’s 200,000‑franc bail was confirmed, while probes examine irregular security staffing, alleged cash payments, under‑16 admissions, and the role of possibly flammable ceiling panels.