Mourning in Silanus for the death of Luca Virde, the 42-year-old shot dead Monday evening in Nuoro .

The funeral will be celebrated on Thursday morning in the parish of Sant'Antonio Abate.

Today an autopsy was performed on the victim's body at the San Francesco hospital by the Cagliari coroner Luca Natali. Strict confidentiality on the results of the examination, delivered to the prosecutor of Nuoro Andrea Ghironi who coordinates the investigations.

Natali asked for 90 days to investigate the case which will have to establish with certainty, in addition to the time of death, by how many bullets the 42-year-old was hit.

According to what has been learned, three shots would be heard by the neighbors, the same ones that from a first external examination on the body would have hit the victim in the abdomen and face.

The video footage of the cameras located in the area where the crime was committed is also being analyzed by the Carabinieri of the Nuoro Provincial Command.

Investigations are continuing across the board. It delves into the victim's past: Luca Virde had been on probation for some time after being sentenced to 16 years for the murder of one of his countrymen in 2012.

(Unioneonline / lf)

© Riproduzione riservata