Overview
- The 33-year-old suspect, arrested by Carabinieri, was taken into custody after Thursday's stabbing in a Tricase apartment that killed his 29-year-old brother.
- A preliminary forensic exam at Lecce’s Vito Fazzi hospital found three stab wounds, including one fatal blow delivered from behind at the lumbar area.
- After the attack the suspect video-called his mother in Bangladesh, showed the body and the knife, and a clip of the scene later appeared on Facebook.
- Early police findings point to a dispute over money as the likely trigger, and the homicide investigation remains active.
- Both men were Bangladeshi nationals who worked as counter staff at a bar in Tricase-Porto, and a compatriot at the scene raised the alarm.