Overview

• Authorities initially reported finding a 20-year-old’s body but later determined the victim was an Italian man of Turkish origin in his sixties
• The fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. on the ground floor of via Umberto Fogagnolo 131 and is suspected to have been set deliberately after the homicide
• Squadra Mobile and Polizia Scientifica are coordinating the inquiry under Prosecutor Marco Santini while awaiting autopsy and forensic results
• The apartment belonged to a student who was away on vacation and had allowed the victim to stay in his absence
• Firefighters forced entry by sawing through window bars and breaking the shutter, evacuated residents safely, and secured the scene for evidence collection