A 53-year-old man, Rosario
Giangrasso, strangled his wife with electrical ties and then
tried to commit suicide with a kitchen knife at Scandicci near
Florence Friday, police said.
The victim was a 43-year-old Thai national, police said.
Police said she was hit with a blunt object, likely a stick,
after being strangled.
Giangrasso last July climbed scaffolding around the Duomo in
Florence to protest his long-time unemployment.
The couple have a son aged 14 and a daughter aged nearly 16.
They were not at home at the time of the tragedy, police
said.
The daughter called police as soon as she got back home,
after finding her father bleeding in his bed.
The man was rushed to hospital.
Giangrasso's wife was dead in another room.
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