From Fox News:
ANKARA, Turkey — Police have found the body of an Italian artist and activist who went missing while hitchhiking in Turkey dressed in a wedding gown to appeal for peace, officials said Saturday.
A man suspected of killing the artist, Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, 33, was detained late Friday and charged with murder Saturday, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
The woman was last seen on March 31 in the industrial city of Gebze while hitchhiking to Israel in the wedding dress as part of her “Brides on Tour” project aimed at pleading for peace in conflict areas.
Police found her naked body hidden in bushes in a forested area near Gebze, northwest Turkey, after questioning the suspect late Friday, the governor’s office said.
The artist, also known as Pippa Bacca, was hitchhiking to the Palestinian territories with a friend, who was also wearing a wedding gown.
The two left di Marineo’s hometown of Milan on March 8 and hitchhiked to Turkey together. They separated in Istanbul shortly before di Marineo went missing, with the aim of reuniting in Beirut, Lebanon.
Police tracked down the suspect when he switched on di Marineo’s mobile phone, having inserted his own SIM card, an Italian Embassy official said. The official asked not to be named because he was not authorized to give information on the police investigation.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI am a woman too. I am so sorry for her. I know very well that the excuses are not acceptable, even though most people Turks are sorry for her. We love you and share your grief. My loves to her family …
Sono una donna troppo. Mi dispiace per lei sono. So molto bene che le scuse non sono accettabili, anche se la maggior parte delle persone sono turchi dispiace per lei. Noi ti amo e condividi il tuo dolore. Il mio ama la sua famiglia …
İ’m a young Turkish woman and İ know how brutal my
country’s men can be. İt’s a shame for my country and all the peace makers, working for hope beyond the boundaries. Sadness & grief have no sense if we can not STOP Brutality & women abuse.
However, İ’m deeply sorry and İ want to express my heartfelt condolences to her family & friends.
With my respects,
Aysha.
İ am a young Turkish Men and i am sharing shame and sadness as others.
Dr Serkan
All of us at NoisyRoom.net are touched by the sincere comments on this topic from those of you from Turkey. Obviously, there are many kind and good people there – it is a very sad thing that this happened…
Im deeply sorry for her..
I am really ashamed of this event.
Please do not blame all Turks.
There are good and bad people everwhere in the world.
Pest in Peace Pibba
i’m deeply sorry
we love and feel near italian peoples therefore our sadness more increase
condolence to italy, all world
WE ARE SORRY TOO..We are really ashamed of this event. how can i say? we are can’t know about it. sorry all of world.. sorry. even though most people Turks are sorry for her.
We are deeply sorry and we want to express, my heartfelt condolences to her family & friends and repuplic of italy.
WE ARE LOVE YOU PIPPA BACCA.(Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo)
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