State Funeral in Italy after the last destructive earthquake on April, 6th 2009

The government declared a national day of mourning.
The number of victims reaches 289 people.
Rescue work has been done by a large number of official helpers and by thousands of volonteers
"The search is almost over," said Luca Spoletini, spokesman for the Civil Protection agency, which is coordinating Italy's response to the crisis.
The State funeral for victims of Italy's earthquake will take place this morning at 11 (0900 GMT) for 287 people who died.
The worst hit in L'Aquila, a small city of central Italy, was on last Monday with a 6.3 magnitude quake. Hundreds of other seismic events (Violent aftershocks) have been registered since then. The last one was this morning at 5.22 with a 3,7 magnitude.