(ANSA) - Rome, March 11 - Luca Varani, a young Roman man
murdered a week ago by two acquaintances for kicks in Rome, was
struck some 30 times with a knife and a hammer before dying of
shock from blood loss, according to this week's autopsy, sources
said Friday.
The knife found in his chest did not pierce his heart but
his left lung, the autopsy found.
Meanwhile a blonde woman in her mid 20s who met Varani a
couple of hours before the crime came forward to police on
Friday.
It was not immediately known what she told them.
Varani, who was tortured during a cocaine-fueled party, and
the woman are said to have met on the train from Viterbo to Rome
last Friday around 07:30 local time.
Varani was heading for the apartment in the Collatino area
of east Rome where he was brutally murdered.
The apartment's owner Manuel Foffo and fellow student Marco
Prato have been arrested on charges of murder aggravated by
cruelty after confessing to the crime.
The pair intended to "hurt someone" and looked for a victim
for at least 48 hours prior to choosing Varani and inviting him
over to Foffo's flat, investigators said.
30 wounds to Varani body
Died of shock due to blood loss says autopsy