The former partner of a woman found
stabbed to death in the province of Bolzano was blocked by
police as he was trying to cross the border into Austria on
Sunday.
Omer Cim, of Turkish origin, was arrested at the Resia Pass
after a carabinieri police officer shot at the wheels of his
Ford Fiesta to stop him from escaping.
Cim is suspected of murdering Celine Frei Matzohl, 21, who was
found dead in his apartment in Silandro earlier in the day.
She had reportedly been stabbed several times in different parts
of her body.
Matzohl, from Corces in Val Venosta, worked in a hotel in
Silandro and had also worked for the local agricultural
consortium in the past.
She was said to be well known in the area.
"We are in shock, we still can't believe what has happened,"
Silandro Mayor Dieter Pinggera told ANSA.
"I think this is the first time something like this has happened
in our community," he continued.
"I personally have no recollection in my whole life of there
having been a murder," the mayor concluded.
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