The 26-year-old Tunisian arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Luigi Esposito has confessed to the public prosecutor. «The individual, once tracked down and brought to the offices of the Investigative Unit of the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Salerno, decided to recount what happened and, during an interrogation conducted by the prosecutor, who coordinated the investigations from the outset, in the presence of his defense lawyer, made a full confession explaining the reasons for his actions,» a note explains. The individual was then taken to Salerno prison awaiting the validation of his arrest by the preliminary investigation judge.
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The dynamics of the events
The Tunisian had previously been identified for occupying an abandoned farmhouse. The Carabinieri had his photo, and thanks to a complex geo-satellite identification activity, it was understood that the individual was in the Cioffi area. After two days of searches, also with the contribution of the Puglia Helicopter-borne Hunters Squadron, the Tunisian was located. The individual initially attempted to flee and, subsequently, seeing himself surrounded, barricaded himself inside the building until he was stopped by the military. During the search inside the building where he was hiding, the Carabinieri found the victim’s mobile phone and an electronic payment card.
The relationship between the two
Esposito and the Tunisian – according to what investigators have reconstructed – had known each other for some time, and even on Saturday, they had first spoken and then met. It was during that meeting that a strong argument for various reasons allegedly occurred, and the young man then violently and repeatedly struck Esposito, causing him fractures in various parts of his body. Then, using plastic material, a blanket, and various brushwood, he set him on fire. At that point, Esposito, as emerged from the autopsy, was unfortunately not yet dead.
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Salvini on the attack: «He should go to prison in his own country»
«Thanks to the Police for the swift capture of this murderer. Now he should go to prison in his own country, not here at the expense of Italians.» Thus, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini comments on the arrest for the Eboli murder in a post on X which reads: «Breakthrough in the investigation. The assassin of journalist Luca Esposito is an undocumented Tunisian. The man was hidden in an abandoned farmhouse.»
«It is now urgent – writes Salvini – that, as the League has long proposed, thousands of soldiers be deployed to protect our cities. No decent person should be afraid of having men and women in uniform everywhere.»
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