A 70-year-old man, Annibale Mairelli, was slaughtered and decapitated by his 57-year-old brother, Benito, who then threw his head from the balcony .
It seems like a scene from a horror film but it is the reality of the terrible murder that occurred yesterday late in the evening in Pannarano, in the province of Benevento.
The police were alerted by a neighbour, to whom the murderer himself went , in a state of confusion, asking them to call 112. Then the man locked himself in the house until the arrival of the military, who arrested him, and of the firefighters. In front of the magistrate he admitted his responsibilities. What would have triggered Benito's anger was an argument.
According to an initial reconstruction, the killer took advantage of the fact that his brother was sleeping to cut off his head . The victim, after the death of his wife, had returned to live in his home town a few years ago, where he had decided to enjoy his retirement.
(Unioneonline/L)
