A witness, however, said that she saw the killer approach and attack the victim, who did not even have time to react. Abdellah, who had arrived in Turin for many years, occasionally worked in the market stalls selling used clothes. For about ten years he had obtained a council house via Maddalena, in the Barriera di Milano district and, due to a chronic illness, he also had a small disability pension. Everyone in the neighbourhood knew him, but he had never bonded with anyone in particular. Indeed, with some neighbours there was no shortage of disagreements and violent discussions: “A taciturn type – tell the residents -, did not give confidence to anyone, but often hosted some of his compatriots in the house and they made a lot of noise”.The fifty-year-old suspect of the crime could be one of the last “villagers” to have crossed the threshold of the apartment on the mezzanine floor.
The killer fled on foot and half an hour later would have stabbed himself with the same weapon used to kill Abdellah. “I killed a relative of mine,” the 50-year-old Maghrebi shouted to the rescuers before he lost consciousness. But until now, any family ties between the two have not been ascertained. Mobile investigators are convinced that the man hospitalized in Molinette is the murderer, but the motive is still missing for the resolution of the case. Probably linked to a trivial discussion that took place shortly before the murder.
