(ANSA) - Naples, October 19 - Carabinieri police on
Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old man, Carmine D'Aponte, who
allegedly shot his wife dead early in the day at Sant'Antimo,
near Naples.
The 28-year-old woman was hit several times in the stomach
while in her car.
The suspect is known to the police.
The murder appears to be the latest in a series of
femicides in Italy.
The term femicide is used to describe the killing of women
that is often linked to gender-based violence and commonly
involves spurned former partners.
The recent spate of cases prompted many Italian women
to hang red blankets from their windows in protest earlier this
year and call on the government to take action.
Man arrested near Naples, wife shot dead (2)
28-year-old woman hit several times in abdomen