News that arrived between late morning and early afternoon yesterday like a whip in Gerrei , in Silius and Ballao , two towns divided by a few kilometers of road and from which Ermio Congiu and Annalisa Prasciolu were stabbed to death on Tuesday evening. , together with his 34-year-old son and his other 19-year-old son Eddie , left for Germany 37 years ago.
They dreamed of a better future and stable work in the municipality of Hohentengen , a town of 4000 inhabitants in the land of Baden-Wurttemberg, on the border with Switzerland, where many have moved from the island and from Ballao to work in the aluminum factories of the area.
And they would soon return , as confirmed by the Sardinian community in Germany, still in shock over what happened, and as they recalled yesterday in the two villages of origin in Sardinia where the couple with their family used to spend their holidays .
The crime occurred on Tuesday evening around 9pm: the boy, armed with a knife, attacked all the family members while they were at home . The 58 and 61 year old parents died at the scene, the 34 year old brother later died in hospital due to his serious injuries. The young man's sister was also injured and was taken to hospital by air ambulance but her life is not in danger .
The young man, with a double German and Italian passport, was immediately arrested and did not resist. Investigations at the site of the massacre continued for a long time to reconstruct exactly what happened in the house last night.
At the moment an investigating judge has already issued the arrest order on charges of triple murder and attempted murder . The motive is still under investigation. However, those who know the family have spoken of numerous arguments between the parents and their son recently, perhaps attributable to drug issues .
Further details in the articles by Francesco Pintore and Raffaele Serreli in the Unione Sarda on newsstands and on the app
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