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Femicide in Brescia, kills the ex with a hammer in the street

The data of the Ministry of the Interior, updated to 17 October, counted 95 women killed since the beginning of the year, 81 met death in the family or emotional context and of these 56 were killed by their partner or ex. A new victim needs to be added. Elena Casanova she was hammered to death in the street by her ex-boyfriend in Castegnato, in the province of Brescia.

The woman’s neighbors gave the alarm. To kill her was a man, Ezio Galesi, with whom he had been in a relationship that ended for some time, over a year. After the crime it was he who had the carabinieri called, confessing: “I killed her with a hammer.” He had not resigned himself, but it seems that there are no complaints about her. «He wrote to her, followed her, tormented her. He had also already punctured the tires of the car ».

The woman, a worker at Iveco and mother of a 17-year-old from her first marriage, died instantly near her car. The man, ten years older with two grown children, was waiting for her there, setting a real ambush for her. According to the reconstruction of the carabinieri, he followed his ex-girlfriend waiting for her to park, hit the window with the hammer and then hit the woman. He still had the hammer in his hand when the military arrived.

Those who knew her tell her passionate about art and with an altruistic and devoted spirit, according to what the Corriere della Sera. The woman’s brother and ex-husband also arrived at the scene. The latter had already passed by car with his daughter. “I saw him with his arms folded in front of Elena, he was there, motionless, smoking a cigarette and waiting. I realized something had happened, I was afraid and at that moment I just thought about taking my daughter away from there and walking away ».

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