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A man was taken off the high-speed train (TGV) which connects France to Spain. He was actively wanted by the Italian authorities.
It was the Policia Nacional which indicated that it had arrested, during a banal identity check, a dangerous fugitive wanted in Italy.
The arrest took place within the framework of the joint Franco-Spanish patrol which intervenes in the (rare) TGVs which connect the Perpignan-Figuères axis. The police were intrigued by the quality of the identity papers provided by a passenger.
After verification, it turned out that the man was not who he claimed to be, since his residence permit in Italy as well as his Tunisian passport were fake. Disembarked from the TGV at La Jonquera, further checks revealed that this man is the main suspect in the homicide of a military nurse in Italy.
The motive for the murder still unclear
Already sentenced to 5 years in prison in Italy for drug trafficking and sexual violence, the fugitive is considered very dangerous, according to the Spanish police. Aged 33, Mohamed A. allegedly killed Salvatore Lucente Pipitone, a 44-year-old soldier, in Rome on the night of February 10 to 11.
A case that made the headlines in Italian newspapers. The soldier worked as a nurse in a hospital in Rome and was attacked on a street in a neighborhood plagued by drugs and prostitution while recovering his vehicle. He died a little later in a city hospital from his injuries, including a deep wound in the back of his neck.
The Italian news agency Ansa indicates that the investigators initially believed in a fight in the street then in an attempted robbery. A hypothesis finally ruled out, the mobile phone and the wallet of the victim having been found on him.
The investigations are continuing and the arrest of the main suspect will make it possible to learn more about the motive for this murder.
According to the Policia Nacional, the procedure to send this man back to Italy has already been launched. Although he was arrested at the end of February, the communication of his arrest only took place on March 21. He should be handed over quickly to the Italian authorities.
A man was taken off the high-speed train (TGV) which connects France to Spain. He was actively wanted by the Italian authorities.
It was the Policia Nacional which indicated that it had arrested, during a banal identity check, a dangerous fugitive wanted in Italy.
The arrest took place within the framework of the joint Franco-Spanish patrol which intervenes in the (rare) TGVs which connect the Perpignan-Figuères axis. The police were intrigued by the quality of the identity papers provided by a passenger.
After verification, it turned out that the man was not who he claimed to be, since his residence permit in Italy as well as his Tunisian passport were fake. Disembarked from the TGV at La Jonquera, further checks revealed that this man is the main suspect in the homicide of a military nurse in Italy.
The motive for the murder still unclear
Already sentenced to 5 years in prison in Italy for drug trafficking and sexual violence, the fugitive is considered very dangerous, according to the Spanish police. Aged 33, Mohamed A. allegedly killed Salvatore Lucente Pipitone, a 44-year-old soldier, in Rome on the night of February 10 to 11.
A case that made the headlines in Italian newspapers. The soldier worked as a nurse in a hospital in Rome and was attacked on a street in a neighborhood plagued by drugs and prostitution while recovering his vehicle. He died a little later in a city hospital from his injuries, including a deep wound in the back of his neck.
The Italian news agency Ansa indicates that the investigators initially believed in a fight in the street then in an attempted robbery. A hypothesis finally ruled out, the mobile phone and the wallet of the victim having been found on him.
The investigations are continuing and the arrest of the main suspect will make it possible to learn more about the motive for this murder.
According to the Policia Nacional, the procedure to send this man back to Italy has already been launched. Although he was arrested at the end of February, the communication of his arrest only took place on March 21. He should be handed over quickly to the Italian authorities.
