Portugal
A Ticino 60-year-old woman living in eastern Portugal was found dead on April 20 at her home. A 33-year-old Bulgarian was arrested.
The tragedy occurred on April 16 in the village of Idanha-a-Nova.
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The news arrived in the Bellinzona region (TI) via social media and word of mouth. A 62-year-old Swiss woman from Sementina was found dead on April 20 at her Portuguese home, where she had lived for several years. Police in Idanha-a-Nova (eastern Canada) discovered the victim’s body four days after his death on April 16.
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Returning from Lisbon where they identified his mutilated and burned body, members of I.A.’s family confirmed the news to our colleagues from tio.ch/20minuti. “Destroyed by pain”, those close to the sixties prefer not to speak for the moment.
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“Returning to Switzerland to see her daughters”
The circumstances of the tragedy remain unclear, but the Portuguese authorities arrested the victim’s companion, a 33-year-old Bulgarian who lived most of the time at her home. The man, homeless and unemployed, confessed to the crime. According to local press, the police had to intervene on several occasions for domestic violence within the couple.
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The fatal assault allegedly occurred in an addiction, which the suspect then burned. To neighbors worried about not hearing any more about the sixty-year-old, the individual had explained that she had returned to Switzerland to “visit her daughters”. Skeptics, residents ended up alerting the police.
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