Italy's schools hold minute's silence for Giulia Cecchettin

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 21 - Italy's schools held a minute's silence on Tuesday as a mark of respect for Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old woman murdered this month, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend, and all women who are victims of abuse and violence.
    Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara invited schools to hold the minute's silence at 11:00 in a circular letter.
    Cecchettin's ex-boyfriend and biomedical engineering course mate, Filippo Turetta, was arrested in Germany at the weekend.
    He is set to be extradited to Italy.
    Turetta is currently being probed for voluntary homicide but this may change to premeditated murder on the basis of tests and his testimony, Venice's Chief Prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said Monday.
    The case has shocked the nation, in part because of the age of the victim and the alleged killer.
    On Wednesday the government is set to present a plan to give young people relationship education in schools as part of efforts to prevent gender-based violence and stop an alarming spate of femicides. (ANSA).