Italy has seen a spate of
femicides recently.
A 53-year-old man was arrested Friday for allegedly
murdering his 50-year-old girlfriend on Sardinia last month.
The woman, Speranza Ponti, from Uri, went missing in mid
December.
Her body was found Friday in Alghero, in a residential area
that includes the exclusive Resort Vista Blu.
The man, Massimiliano Farci, is being held in Bancali Prison
at Sassari.
He denies all charges.
A 27-year-old man shot dead his 48-year-old ex and her
27-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself at
Mussomeli near Caltanissetta overnight, police said Friday.
The man, Michele Noto, was unable to accept that his
relationship with Rosalia Mifsud was over, police said.
This was despite their having had only a brief relationship,
police said.
The woman's daughter was named as Monica Di Liberto, the
product of a previous marriage.
A 38-year-old Pakistani man
was arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering his 28-year-old
pregnant wife at Versciaco in Alto Adige on Thursday.
The man was named as Mustafa Zeeshan.
The victim, Fatima Zeeshan, was probably punched and kicked
to death, police said after examining the body and finding
severe bruising all over it.
An autopsy will be performed on Saturday.
The man did not confess despite spending the night in a
Carabinieri barracks.
He is refusing to talk to investigators.
Police said there was "a great weight of evidence" against
him.
They also said he was a flight risk.
A woman was beaten to death in Mazara del Vallo, western
Sicily, over three days earlier this week in her home, sources
said Thursday.
Her husband has been arrested by police after the couple's
neighbours alerted them.
The woman had previously reported her husband to the police
for domestic violence, with the last time in April.
At least twice she later retracted the complaints.
Cassation COurt Prosecuror General Giovanni Salvi said Friday
there had been a "striking" rise in femicides in recent years:
131 in 2017, 135 in 2018 and 103 last year.
At least twice she later retracted the complaints.
Cassation COurt Prosecuror General Giovanni Salvi said Friday
there had been a "striking" rise in femicides in recent years:
131 in 2017, 135 in 2018 and 103 last year.
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