Hearing set for Ivorian arrested Sunday

(ANSA) - Caltagirone, September 1 - A judge will rule in a hearing on Wednesday whether to confirm the Sunday arrest of Mamadou Kamara, an 18-year-old Ivorian man accused of killing a couple in Palagonia at the weekend, the Caltagirone prosecutor's office said Tuesday.
    At Wednesday's hearing, chief prosecutor Vincenzo Verzera will ask the judge to order Kamara to be held in pre-trial custody in prison.
    Autopsies on the bodies of both victims, Vincenzo Solano, 68, and his wife Mercedes Ibanez, 70, were completed during the night Tuesday, with an initial report to be filed with the prosecutor's office by the end of Wednesday.
    A judicial source said Ibanez may have been raped before being killed.
    The source said the autopsy revealed "just clues, although they are various, that don't give certainties".
    Final autopsy results will be filed with the prosecutor's office within 60 days.
    According to an initial report, the murder weapons may have been a screwdriver and a large pair of pliers. A judge on Tuesday signed an order allowing the bodies to be returned to the victims' families for funeral ceremonies, which are scheduled to take place on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
    Police arrested Kamara Sunday after he was found with blood-stained trousers as well as a mobile phone and clothes belonging to Solano in the Cara di Mineo migrant reception centre, where he had been living since June.
    The couples' daughter, Rosita Solano, on Monday blamed the government as "also" responsible for the killings.
    "They let these migrants come here and they do what they want, including burgling and killing," Solano said.
    On Tuesday, Solano challenged Premier Matteo Renzi to "show his face" in Palagonia.
    "The death of my parents evidently doesn't even merit a tweet from Premier Renzi or Minister Alfano," Solano said.
    "I want justice, not political controversy. Renzi, come talk to me, show your face, before the funeral," she said.