A 23-year-old Italian of Moroccan origins, Zakaria Atqaoui, currently in custody at the Cologno Monzese carabinieri barracks, is accused of having killed, with multiple stab wounds in the throat, his ex-girlfriend, Sofia Castelli, 20 years old.

The girl's parents received the news while they were in Sardinia. Now they are returning to Cologno.

The crime dates back to last night and took place in the victim's apartment. Investigations underway by the carabinieri of Sesto San Giovanni (Milan) to reconstruct the dynamics of the facts and the motive for the murder.

The 20-year-old showed up at dawn confessing to the crime at the local police headquarters.

(Unioneonline/lf)

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