The man used a knife to exterminate his family and kill himself immediately afterwards
Tragedy this morning in Alessandria, where a 67 year old man, the engineer Martino Benzias reported by the local press, took his own life after exterminated his family at two different times between his home and the retirement home where his mother-in-law was staying.
Massacre in Alexandria, what happened
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The alarm was raised late this morning, Wednesday 27 September, when the man went to visit his mother-in-law, the 78-year-old Carla Schiffoat the Divina Provvidenza institute in Alessandria and once there, in the garden of the retirement home, he stabbed her before fatally wounding his throat.
The two bodies discovered later
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What was initially considered a case of murder-suicide turned out to be a real massacre shortly after, when the police went to the man’s house: there the officers discovered the bodies of his wife Monica Berto55 years old and of 17 year old sonMatteo, also hit with several stab wounds.
dynamics and motive still to be clarified
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The dynamics of this tragedy are still being examined by investigators, but the most probable hypothesis at the moment is that the 67-year-old killed his wife and son in the early hours of today, before reaching the Divine Providence institute in Alessandria to also take the life of his mother-in-law and commit suicide by stabbing himself in the throat. Investigations are still underway to find the motive for this massacre.
It is not clear, based on the few elements that have emerged so far, whether the man left any notes to explain the reasons for his gesture, but the interrogations of people close to the exterminated family will certainly bring out some more details.
The condolences of the nuns of Alessandria
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The first comment on this tragedy came from the Little Sisters of Divine Providence, who in a note signed by the provincial superior Sister Natalia Rognoni expressed “maximum closeness and the most sincere condolences to the family of the deceased who were so deeply affected. The extreme, violent and inexplicable occurrence in our garden has left us all dismayed and speechless.”
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