Man held over murder of former woman police officer

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 17 - A male ex-colleague of a 33-year-old female former municipal police officer who was shot dead on Thursday in the town of Anzola Emilia, near Bologna, was detained overnight in relation to the murder, sources said on Friday.
    Sofia Stefani, 33, was killed in the town's municipal police station.
    Giampiero Gualandi, the 63-year-old former head of the local municipal police, is accused of using his service gun to kill her.
    Italy has been hit by an alarming spate of femicides. (ANSA).