(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 23 - The 45-year-old partner of
50-year-old woman who was killed on Monday in Bondeno, in the
northern province of Ferrara, is suspected of the murder and has
been detained.
Prosecutors said the man gave a "contradictory" version of
events.
The case looks set to be only the latest in a long string of
femicides in Italy that shows no signs of stopping.
On Monday a 39-year-old farmer from a village near Trento on
killed his 42-year-old wife with a hatchet blow to the neck and
then tried to kill himself with the same weapon.
A 20-year-old student is seriously ill in hospital, meanwhile,
after being stabbed by her former boyfriend in Turin. (ANSA).
Partner detained over woman's murder as femicides continue
Man killed wife with hatchet near Trento in separate case