A femicide trial in Italy follows the murder of a student, sparking outrage over male violence and demands for change.
Italy opens a major femicide trial after a student's murder by her ex-boyfriend, raising concerns about male violence and sparking calls for cultural change.A major femicide trial opened in Italy Monday, after the brutal murder of a university student by her ex-boyfriend that triggered outrage and national soul-searching over the roots of male violence against women.
Cecchettin, who was due to graduate just days after her death, was reported missing on November 11 after accompanying Turetta to a mall and never returning home. Turetta was arrested a day later on the side of the road near Leipzig, Germany after his car ran out of petrol.Marking what activists hoped would be a turning point, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Italian cities on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, calling for cultural change.
At Cecchettin’s funeral in Padua, her father Gino called for his daughter’s death to be a “turning point to end the terrible scourge of violence against women”, imploring men to “challenge the culture that tends to minimise violence by men who appear normal”.As Turetta waived his right to a preliminary hearing after his confession, the proceedings are expected to be relatively brief.
Turetta describes how he grabbed a knife and stabbed her in the arm, before dragging her back in the car, from which she later escaped.
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