A 90-year-old man
strangled his 82-year-old wife to death in her sleep and then
tried to kill himself at Poggibonsi near Siena on Thursday.
The man first dived into the nearby River Staggia to drown
himself but was foiled by the low water level, he told police.
He then returned home and tried to cut his wrists but could
not go through with it, police said.
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