L’Italile is closely following this new case of femicide involving a future engineer who appears to be uneventful. Filippo Turetta, a 22-year-old student from Padua, was found by police near Leipzig, Germany, following a week-long manhunt by Italian authorities, his lawyer said. Me Emanuele Compagno, at the Italian press agency Ansa.
Mr. Turetta and his former girlfriend and classmate, Giulia Cecchettin, went missing last weekend.
On Saturday, the body of Giulia Cecchettin was found in a ravine near Lake Barcis, about a hundred kilometers north of Venice, her head and neck slashed with stab wounds.
The manhunt made headlines in Italian newspapers this week, as the victim was due to receive his biomedical engineering degree from the University of Padua.
The president of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, said a day of mourning would be set on the day of Ms Cecchettin’s funeral. He also wanted the subject of femicide to be raised in schools.
Since the start of the year, 102 homicides in which the victim was a woman have been recorded in Italy, including 82 committed by a family member or partner, according to the Interior Ministry.