Man kills wife, hangs self near Bologna

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 21 - A 73-year-old man killed his 63-year-old wife and then hanged himself in their flat near Bologna Monday night-Tuesday morning, police said after finding the bodies in the afternoon. Italy's latest femicide took place at Castel Maggiore. Italy has suffered a spate of shocking femicide cases in recent years. Last year parliament approved a law making femicide a specific felony and mandating life imprisonment for those who commit it. According to the anti-femicide nationa...

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