https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The mother of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni, tortured to death in Egypt in January, told Italy's parliament on Tuesday she had only recognized 'the tip of her son's nose' when identifying his body. https://www.thelocal.it/20160329/murdered-italian-students-mum-says-his-body-was-unrecognizable Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:17:59 +0200 murdered-italian-students-mum-says-his-body-was-unrecognizable The body of an Italian student murdered in Cairo had signs of electrocution, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160215/giulio-regenis-body-showed-signs-of-electrocution Mon, 15 Feb 2016 09:26:39 +0100 giulio-regenis-body-showed-signs-of-electrocution US police on Monday charged a man suspected of killing an Italian-Croatian historian in New York on Saturday, reportedly over a property deal in northeastern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/italian-historian-shot-dead-in-new-york Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:08:00 +0100 italian-historian-shot-dead-in-new-york An eight-year-old boy found dead in Sicily is thought to have been abducted from school and raped before being murdered, national media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/eight-year-old-boy-raped-and-killed-in-sicily Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:17:00 +0100 eight-year-old-boy-raped-and-killed-in-sicily An Italian man and his Colombian wife have been tortured and killed in Colombia, with their bodies abandoned by a roadside in what is thought to have been a gang robbery. https://www.thelocal.it/20141113/italian-tortured-and-killed-in-colombia Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:25:00 +0100 italian-tortured-and-killed-in-colombia Video footage shows the beheading of a maid in Rome last month was the result of an “outburst” by her killer, rather than pre-meditated murder, according to investigators. https://www.thelocal.it/20140905/rome-maid-beheading-was-unplanned-outburst Fri, 05 Sep 2014 12:04:00 +0200 rome-maid-beheading-was-unplanned-outburst An Italian man shot dead by police on Sunday after allegedly beheading a maid in Rome was a pro-Israel fanatic, who wanted to fight against Hamas in Gaza, the killer's host said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140826/man-who-beheaded-maid-wanted-to-fight-hamas Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:45:00 +0200 man-who-beheaded-maid-wanted-to-fight-hamas Police in Rome shot and killed a man moments after he allegedly decapitated a Ukrainian woman after she rejected his advances. https://www.thelocal.it/20140825/rome-police-kill-man-after-he-beheads-maid Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:14:00 +0200 rome-police-kill-man-after-he-beheads-maid A man suspected of carrying out a stabbing spree in Milan on Tuesday afternoon, which left one person dead and two seriously injured, was arrested while walking naked through the city. https://www.thelocal.it/20140618/one-person-dead-after-milan-stabbing-spree Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:53:00 +0200 one-person-dead-after-milan-stabbing-spree A woman whose body was found in a freezer in Bologna last summer was murdered by her boyfriend, who committed the crime with "particular brutality", an inquest has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20140325/woman-killed-by-lover-with-furious-cruelty Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:19:00 +0100 woman-killed-by-lover-with-furious-cruelty A pensioner has stabbed his ex-wife to death on a street in the central Marche region, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130917/pensioner-kills-ex-wife-on-italian-street Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:48:00 +0200 pensioner-kills-ex-wife-on-italian-street