Probe into Visibilia Editore President Ruffino's suicide

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 7 - Milan prosecutors have opened a probe into instigation to commit suicide in relation to the death at the weekend of Luca Ruffino, the president of publishing company Visibilia Editore, sources said Monday.
    The 60-year-old is thought to have shot himself dead on the night between Saturday and Sunday at his Milan home.
    His body was found by one of his children.
    The opening of a probe is a formality that enables prosecutors to run certain checks and carry out an autopsy and does not mean they think there was foul play, the sources said.
    Ruffino did not have economic or personal problems but he did have health issues, the sources added.
    They said he left a letter of goodbye for his loved ones.
    Visibilia Editore was founded by Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè.
    Ruffino bought her stake in the company in October 2022.
    Santanchè recently fended off a no-confidence motion in the Senate that opposition parties presented after it emerged she is under investigation in relation to her business activities.
    (ANSA).