Italian killed in Brazil during robbery

(ANSA) - Sao Paulo, December 5 - The second Italian to be killed in Brazil in less than a month was stabbed during a robbery of the villa he had rented with his wife in Beberibe, sources said Monday.
    Alberto Baroli, 51, from Milan but residing in Paris, was stabbed to death by a group of criminals who entered the seaside vacation home in the northeastern state of Cearà. Baroli's wife was locked in the bathroom by the criminals while he tried to stop the robbers and was stabbed with a large kitchen knife found at the scene of the crime, according to police. The robbers escaped with the victim's iPhone, a notebook and about 5,000 euros in cash. Police say that the group had committed another home robbery not far from that of the Italian tourist couple. Local police have arrested a woman - Damiana Paiva da Silva, 27 - on homicide charges an say that they have arrested and are looking for her accomplices: three men and a 16-year-old boy. The Italian embassy in Brasilia and the consulate in Recife are following the case. They are in close contact with family members and are providing the necessary assistance to them, foreign ministry sources say. On November 17, Ragusa native Pamela Canzonieri, 39, was strangled in her apartment in the Morro di San Paolo tourist resort in the state of Bahia.