A 52-year-old was arrested on Monday
for the brutal murder of his 46-year-old wife in the town of
Agnosine, near Brescia, after she left him.
It is only the latest in an alarming series of femicides in
Italy that have seen many women killed by men, usually their
current or former partners.
The alleged killer, Paolo Vecchia, turned himself in to
Carabinieri police after the murder of Giuseppina Di Luca.
He allegedly waited for the woman outside the apartment she had
moved to a month ago, followed her down some stairs and killed
her by stabbing her a dozen times.
The couple have two adult children aged 21 and 24.
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