Alleged Verzeni killer says murder not premeditated

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 31 - Moussa Sangare, 31, the man arrested on Friday for the murder of Sharon Verzeni, had a knife throwing target at home shaped like a person, investigative sources have said.
    The cardboard target was seized by investigators as evidence, the sources said.
    Investigators believe Verzeni's murder was premeditated.
    On Friday, Bergamo prosecutor Maria Cristina Rota said Sangare had given "a full confession".
    "Tonight, at the end of a very intense investigation, we were able to identify the man on the bicycle" seen in video footage from surveillance cameras fleeing the crime scene who, "when questioned, fully confessed" the murder of Sharon Verzeni, said Rota.
    Sangare, 31, was born in Milan to parents from the Ivory Coast, investigators said.
    He is unemployed and lives in a town just a few kilometres away from Terno d'Isola where the murder occurred.
    Prosecutors requested his arrest over fears he might reiterate the crime, hide evidence or run away.
    Sangare reportedly wanted to become a rapper and had collaborated with well-known musicians like Izi and Ernia.
    He had a police record for domestic abuse against his mother and sister and was living in an occupied building in the town of Chignolo d'Isola when he was found by Carabinieri police and arrested.
    He told investigators that he had a "sudden raptus" and could "not explain" why he killed Verzeni, whom he didn't know, saying he was "sorry", according to investigative sources.
    Investigators, however, believe the murder was premeditated as he had left home with four knives and had allegedly threatened two teens on the night of the murder on 29-30 July before stabbing 33-year-old Verzeni to death.
    Prosecutors have urged the teens to come forward and testify.
    Sangare also told investigators where he hid the murder weapon in Medalogo, close to the Adda river, and the Carabinieri police's RIS forensic unit is examining it.
    Prosecutors on Friday said the murder was not motivated by religion nor was it a terrorist act.
    State attorneys are also evaluating whether similar murders have been committed in the past in the area, according to investigative sources.
    Meanwhile after Sangare's arrest, Verzeni's partner Sergio Ruocco said that, "after a month of uncertainty, the news has given us a bit of relief because it cancels all insinuations against us".
    Ruocco, who cohabited with the victim, a 33-year-old beautician who worked at a bar, was questioned several times by police but was never placed under investigation.
    "Nobody will give me back my Sharon but I will always keep her memory alive and I know this will help me to continue my life".
    (ANSA).