A young Italian farm hand has been
placed under investigation on suspicion of accidentally killing
two homeless Moroccan women with his tractor while spraying
insecticide in a cornfield on the outskirts of Milan Friday.
The victims have been named as Hanan Nekhla, 32, and Sara El
Jaafari, 28, whose lifeless bodies were found Saturday night in
the thickly cultivated maize field.
They are believed to have been sleeping, or perhaps knocked out
by the powerful insecticide, when a threshing machine pulled by
the tractor allegedly hit them.
The two women were homeless and sleeping with friends or family,
sources said.
Empty beer bottles and tin foil perhaps used to consume drugs
were found beside their bodies.
The farm worker, who has not been named, has been placed under
investigation for manslaughter as a formality, police said.
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