Ischia earthquake: Three brothers freed from rubble

Rescuers have freed the last of three brothers who were trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake on the Italian holiday island of Ischia.

The fire service confirmed they had rescued the 11-year-old at 14:12 local time (12:12 GMT), some 16 hours after the quake struck.

His baby brother was the first to be pulled out, in the early hours; then his eight-year-old sibling mid morning.

At least two women died and 39 people were injured in the quake.

The 4.0 magnitude quake struck in the mid-evening, at a depth of around 5km (3 miles), just north of the Casamicciola commune.

Ischia, off the coast of Naples, has a population of about 50,000 and is hugely popular with tourists, many of whom were out in bars and restaurants when the shaking started.

"A horrible experience, everything was shaking, plunged into darkness, houses were collapsing a nightmare," one person wrote on Twitter.

Another said: "I was on the couch watching TV. Blackout, shaking, something fell on my head. I scream, my mother grabs me and we ran outside."

SOURCE: BBC NEWS