INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tens of thousands of people have taken part in protests across Italy, calling for an end to violence against women following the murder of a
university student earlier this month.Giulia Cecchettin was allegedly killed by her ex-boyfriend days before she was due to graduate.Large
could not be tolerated.In a statement marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Sergio Mattarella said:
ministry shows that 106 women have so far been killed in the country this year, 55 of them allegedly by a partner or ex-partner.The protests
take place amid a backdrop of public anger and soul-searching over the murder of Ms Cecchettin, a 22-year-old biomedical engineering student
who had been due to graduate from the University of Padua last week.A number of events were planned for the day, including processions, uns,
walks, flash mobs, sit-ins, and even free gynaecological examinations to raise awareness of gender-based violence and patriarchy in Italy.Ms
he said.Ms Cecchettin disappeared on 11 November when she and Filippo Turetta went to buy her graduation outfit.The couple disappeared, but
CCTV footage emerged a few days later showing Mr Turetta, 22, beating his former partner in a car park close to her house in Vigonovo, near
Venice - according to the investigating judge.Her body was found at the bottom of a ditch.Mr Turetta was arrested near Leipzig in Germany
after police issued an international arrest warrant and launched a manhunt for him.He returned to Italy on Saturday afternoon, and has not
been formally charged yet.
According to the news site, Corriere del Veneto, he is being held in a prison in Verona, and a preliminary
