the municipal councilor Pierluigi Beghetto with a sickle. Neighbor arrested

Murder this morning, April 21, a Esino Larioa mountain center in the province of Lecco. Killed with a gardening sickle the 53 year old municipal councilor Pierluigi Beghetto. The Carabinieri of the Lecco company intervened in force on the spot, with investigations coordinated by the Lecco Prosecutor’s Office. The air ambulance also landed from Sondrio through the 118 operations centre. The first investigations are underway to try to reconstruct the dynamics of what happened. The murder apparently occurred at the height of a dispute over neighborhood problems: a neighbor, the 60-year-old, was stopped and placed under arrest. Luciano Biffi.

«Condolence and dismay for the sudden and tragic death of Pierluigi Beghetto» the words of Pietro Pensa, the mayor of Esino Lario, regarding the murder. “In respect of the pain of his family and the work of the investigators – explains the mayor – the mayor and representatives of the municipal administration will not release further statements on this tragic affair which has shaken all of us and the entire community of Esino Lario”.

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