Two elderly women were killed
in their home at Ramacca near Catania Wednesday and police think
they were beaten and stabbed during an attempted robbery.
The victims were sisters Lucia and Filippa Mogavero, aged 70
and 79.
They were unmarried housewives.
Their bodies had multiple stab wounds all over them.
A third sister, a teacher who was at school at the time of
the crime, returned home to find the bodies.
Carabinieri police are at the scene.
Police think the women may have been tortured to get them to
say where their valuables were.
Caltagirone prosecutor Giuseppe Verzera said "this is the
umpteenth massacre in the area, there have already been seven
murders here".
He said the scene of the crime was "spine-chilling".
The sisters' brother, retired Carabiniere Giuseppe Mogavero,
told reporters:
"They were monsters, certainly, to do something like this."
He said "they got inside and did whatever they wanted to so.
"And I don't know why".
He added: "My experience as a Carabiniere, I'll keep it to
myself".
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