Catania: women killed in Riposto, suicide was detained on leave
He was a “semi-free prisoner who was enjoying a reward license” but he should have returned today to the prison of Augusta, in the Syracuse area, Salvatore ‘Turi’ La Motta, the 63-year-old man who committed suicide in front of the police station of Riposto, in the Catania area, suspected of having killed two women shortly before. This is what has been learned from the carabinieri of the provincial command of Catania, engaged in the investigation of the case.
Catania: women killed in Riposto, murderer ‘I turn myself in’ and then commits suicide
“He had presented himself, at noon, outside the Riposto carabinieri barracks, armed with a revolver, saying ‘I want to turn myself in’. The military, holding him at gunpoint, tried to convince him to leave the weapon and not make any kind of senseless gesture, but, unfortunately, it was in vain because the man pointed the gun to his head and fired”. Words from the Commander of the Operations Department of the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Catania, Lieutenant Colonel Claudio Papagno, released to journalists in front of the Riposto barracks, in the Catania area, regarding the double murder of two women and the subsequent suicide of the murderer. “The two victims, the officer reconstructs, were killed between 08.30 and 10 this morning with a gunshot to the face. The dynamics that he could have had with the two women – points out Lt. Colonel Papagno – are all under investigation. Investigations are underway to give a motive. The man was a felon who also has precedents for mafia association. And for the first crime he certainly used a car”. Finally, the carabinieri officer says that “several people present at the crime scene are being heard who are certainly making useful statements”.
Catania: feminicide in Riposto, mayor ‘upset, only madness behind such violence’
‘I did not know victims and alleged murderer, women once again affected’ “I am shocked. The whole community is, which has nothing to do with the violent image that is being broadcast in the media at the moment. I did not know either the victims or the alleged killer. Once again women are being attacked, once again we are witnessing an act of force against women”. Enzo Caragliano told Adnkronos, after the double femicide that took place this morning in the small town of Catania and the murder of their alleged killer, who committed suicide in front of the police station in Riposto. The victims are Carmelina Marino, 48, and Santa Castorina, 50. “We are waiting for clarity to be made on the matter and for the investigators to reconstruct the exact dynamics of what happened – continues the mayor -. No act of violence can be justified, no motivation is ever acceptable. Perhaps one can think of the gesture of a madman , because only pure madness can be behind such violence. I am close to the families of the victims, I express my condolences on behalf of the entire community”, concludes the mayor.
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