An Italian woman was found dead
with severe facial injuries near Cuneo on Wednesday, police
said.
She was found near the church of San Rocco at Barge, they
said.
Local inhabitants found the body of the woman, whose clothes
were torn.
She was named as Anna Piccato, 70, a former factory worker
and a Red Cross volunteer for many years.
POlice said she may have been hit with an axe or sickle.
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