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President Armen Sarkissian of Armenia has addressed a letter of condolences to Italian President Sergio Mattarella on the bridge disaster in Genoa, which claimed dozens of lives, his office said on Wednesday.

“I share the Italian people’s and Your grief and wish fortitude and tenacity to the families and friends of the victims, as well as a speedy recovery to the injured,” the letter reads.

At least 35 people were killed when a bridge collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa, police said on Wednesday after firemen worked through the night looking for any survivors buried under the rubble, Reuters reports.

A 50-meter (160-foot) high section of the Morandi bridge, including a tower that anchored several stays, crashed down with as many as 35 vehicles driving on it on Tuesday. Huge slabs of reinforced concrete plunged onto two warehouses, train tracks and a riverbed.