The ex husband of a Serbian
woman who went missing in Trieste on April 26 was arrested on
Friday for allegedly committing the latest in a series of
femicides in Italy, ANSA sources said.
The man is suspected of killing the woman and hiding her
body on the Karst Plateau, which crosses the border between
Italy and Slovenia.
He was detained after investigators gathered significant
evidence against him and he has confessed, the sources said.
At least 58 women in Italy have been killed by a partner
or former lover so far in 2016, and more than 155 have died this
way since January 2015, recent figures show.
The term femicide is used to describe the killing of women
that is often linked to gender-based violence and commonly
involves spurned former partners.
The recent spate of cases has prompted many Italian women
to hang red blankets from their windows in protest and call on
the government to take action.
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