Two people were detained by police overnight in relation to the homicide of Desiree Mariottini, a 16-year-old girl found dead in an abandoned building in Rome's San Lorenzo district last week, sources said Thursday. Investigators believe that Desiree was drugged and gang raped while unconscious before she died.
The suspects are two Senegalese nationals who do not have legal permits to be in Italy - Mamadou Gara, 26, and Brian Minteh, 43.
They are suspected of sexual violence in a group, selling drugs and voluntary manslaughter, along with other people.
Police are trying to track down two other suspects.
"Two illegal immigrants held last night for the rape and death of Desirée, two others are wanted," Interior Minister and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said via Twitter.
"Thank you to the police. I will do everything so that the worms guilty of this horror pay in full for their vileness, with no discounts".
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