(ANSA) - Catania, January 3 - The partner of a 26-year-old
Nigerian asylum seeker murdered with a stab wound to the neck
yesterday has been arrested, sources aid Wednesday.
Malia native Billa Francis, 30, is strongly suspected of
murdering Frances Mirale in the asylum seeker reception centre
(CARA) at Mineo near Catania.
The man, who lives in northern Italy, is believed to have
gone to the CARA to see his wife and children and stabbed the
woman after a row, before fleeing.
Francis, who was without documents, was stopped by police
yesterday at an Internet point near Catania's main railway
station, where he intended to get cash to reach northern Italy
and then flee abroad, police said.
Murdered asylum seeker's partner nabbed (2)
At Mineo near Catania