Overview

• Emanuele De Maria, a 35-year-old on a work-release program, is accused of murdering colleague Chamila Wijesuriya and attempting to kill another coworker before taking his own life at Milan’s Duomo.
• Surveillance footage and forensic evidence suggest De Maria killed Wijesuriya in Parco Nord on May 9 and stabbed Hani Nasr outside Hotel Berna the following morning.
• De Maria called his mother and sister-in-law using Wijesuriya’s phone, apologizing for his actions before discarding the phone and evading capture for 48 hours.
• Public Prosecutor Francesco De Tommasi has ordered autopsies and is investigating whether De Maria’s actions were premeditated and if he had consumed narcotics.
• The Justice Ministry is reviewing the work-release scheme and judicial oversight following criticism from political figures, including Undersecretary Andrea Delmastro.