Man murders girlfriend near Varese, turns himself in in Abruzzo

(ANSA) - ROME, 23 OTT - A 53-year-old man was arrested overnight after going to a Carabinieri police station in the central region of Abruzzo and confessing to stabbing to death his 36-year-old girlfriend, sources said Friday. The man, named as Marco Panichi, killed the woman in Vergiate, in the northern province of Varese, and then travelled to his home province of Abruzzo before turning himself in. The victim is said to have been a foreign national. Italy has suffered a spate of shocking femicide cases in recent years. Last year parliament approved a law making femicide a specific felony and mandating life imprisonment for those who commit it. (ANSA).
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