Six people have been killed and three are missing after a container ship crashed into a control tower in the northern Italian port city of Genoa.
The tower, which was more than 50 metres high, collapsed after being struck by the prow of the ship, the Jolly Nero.
Two of the dead were coast guard officials and the third was a pilot for the port.
The three other victims have yet to be identified.
As well as the dead and missing, officials said four people were injured and had been taken to hospital.
Two were seriously hurt and one had lost a foot, investigators said.
The accident happened in calm conditions at 11pm (10pm Irish time) last night as staff were changing shifts, so more people than usual were in the tower.
The cause of the crash was unclear.
The Jolly Nero, owned by local fleet operator Ignazio Messina and Co, was manoeuvring out of the port with the assistance of tugboats, under the control of two pilots.
Genoa prosecutor Michele Di Lecce has opened an investigation and is focusing on a possible malfunction of the ship's engine or steering mechanism, judicial sources said.
"There's no logical explanation because two tug boats were moving the ship and there was a port pilot on board and sea conditions were optimal," the head of the Genoa Port Authority, Luigi Merlo, said.
The only thing left where the tower had stood was a leaning metal-framed stairway.
The Jolly Nero is a 238 metre-long ship with a gross tonnage of 40,594 tonnes, according to the company's website.
The crash is the most serious maritime accident in Italy since the Costa Concordia luxury cruise liner struck a rock and capsized off the island of Giglio in January 2012, killing 32 people.
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