Dino Keber "had been making a noose around himself for some time, and every time my daughter left him, he would show it to her, manipulating her, saying he was going to kill himself." This was the story of Tania Terrin's mother, Marinella Forner, interviewed by Corriere del Veneto. "Twenty days ago," she said, "Dino asked me to meet. Maybe I should talk to him, I should listen to him. My daughter forbade it. He told me, 'Mom, don't even try to get close to him.' My daughter liked him because he was sweet. She couldn't get him out of her head. They even tried living together, but things didn't go well. Then came the first attack. He punched her, scratching her and damaging her eardrum. They separated, but Dino would stay away from her for a month at most, then he'd come back. She'd forgive him and start harassing her again. Text messages, phone calls, jealous scenes, checking her phone, stalking him. "Look, I don't like the Taliban," I told him once. And I told Tania, "Look, sooner or later he'll pull out a knife."

Forner then recalls reporting Keber "seven or eight times: three times by me, three times by her to the Carabinieri, and two or three times by her father, too. There was also a warning from the police commissioner. Tania had been convinced to report him after the events that occurred in April. It was Easter. He had convinced her to try again; things seemed to be going better, but then, when Tania went to his house, Dino had tightened his grip around her neck so tightly that she lost consciousness. I ask the Carabinieri to tell women who report abuse to pack their bags immediately, leave everything behind—their homes, their jobs—and disappear. They must tell women the truth. Because there is no other way to protect a woman who files a complaint against her partner. She must give up everything, her life, her family. She must leave her country and disappear. Otherwise, she must expect that she could die."

"What happened in Camponogara is a failure," Luca Zaia, President of the Veneto Regional Council, stated bluntly. "We must have the courage to say it clearly. Tania Terrin had reported her ex-partner, had already suffered violence, and the man had been issued a warning by the Police Commissioner. And today Tania is no longer with us. Faced with a tragedy like this," Zaia continued, "we cannot limit ourselves to mourning: we must ask ourselves what went wrong and intervene with even greater determination."

"To combat violence against women," Zaia continues, "we must relentlessly continue our cultural work, especially with the younger generations, educating them about respect, freedom, and the rejection of all forms of possession and oppression. The work carried out by the Giulia Cecchettin Foundation is also fundamental in this regard, helping to build a new awareness of respect and gender-based violence ." According to Zaia, "Culture alone is not enough. Repression must also work, and it must be even more severe. Laws must be further tightened and made increasingly effective, timely, and appropriate to the severity of the risk. When a woman reports violence, threats, or persecution, the State must be able to deploy all the necessary tools to concretely protect her. We cannot accept that, despite such serious signs, a femicide still occurs. When a woman is killed after reporting and following previous incidents of violence, it means that the system must be further strengthened. The State's response must be firm, swift, and without hesitation." To Tania's mother, to her family and to all the people who loved her I extend my deepest condolences and the closeness of the entire Regional Council of Veneto", he concludes.

(Unioneonline)

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