It is reported that an Italian girl has been killed by a young Sri Lankan who holds Italian citizenship. (Sri Lanka Latest News)
Italian girl named Michelle. She was studying. The suspected seventeen-year-old Sri Lankan youth is also still studying.
It is said that there was a strong friendship between Michelle and the Lankan youth for some time. It is unclear if it is a love relationship or a friendship relationship. It is reported that the reason for the murder was a conversation over a sum of 30 euros
The young suspect killed Michelle with a knife in the evening of June 28, 2023, put in to a black waste bag and put it in a shopping cart in the supermarket and taken it to the place reserved for waste.
An Italian suspecting the blood spilled from the cart alerted the emergency raids department in Rome, the suspected minor was apprehended by the law in a very short period of time.
According to the existing law in Italy, if the age is not more than 18 years, it falls under the category of minor, and because the murdered Michele and the young suspect are still seventeen years old, there is a controversy about how the verdict will be given on this murder.
Nothing concrete has been announced about the verdict yet. On several previous occasions, Sri Lankans have committed murders in Italy, and this incident has added another black mark to over three lakh Sri Lankans living and working in Italy.
This creates bad reputation in the future for Sri Lankans who come to this country and are looking for jobs.
