Femicide victim had reported ex for violence says councillor

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 14 - A young woman who is believed to have been stabbed to death by her former partner in the Trentino town of Silandro at the weekend had previously reported him for violence, a local councillor told ANSA on Monday.
    Celine Frei Matzhol, 20, from Corces in Val Venosta, allegedly reported Omer Cim, 28, for so-called 'red code' offences under a law aimed at tackling domestic and gender-based violence in Italy in June.
    "We all knew that Celine was being maltreated by her boyfriend.
    He was violent, he often raised his hands (against her), and if people talked, it must be true," said Silandro Councillor Dunja Tassiello.
    "I even collected some information," she added.
    Cim, of Turkish origin, was stopped and arrested by police on Sunday afternoon as he was trying to cross the border into Austria, not longer after Matzhol had been found dead in his apartment.
    She had reportedly been stabbed several times in different parts of her body. (ANSA).