Tag Archives: woman
House Speaker to meet woman attacked by acid
(ANSA) – Urbino, November 29 – Italian House Speaker Laura Boldrini said Friday she was looking forward to meeting Lucia Annibali, a woman attacked with acid by two hitmen hired by her ex-boyfriend. Annibali, a lawyer, was attacked in April … Continue reading
Woman found dead on floor with throat slashed
(ANSA) – Palermo, November 18 – Police are investigating the murder of a 63-year-old woman who was found dead with her throat slashed in her apartment in the Sicilian city of Palermo, sources said Monday. Grazia Rosaria Quadrini was found … Continue reading
Woman charged with threatening school boys with boxcutter
(ANSA) – Brescia, November 5 – A 36-year-old woman on Tuesday was charged with threatening two 10-year-old children with a boxcutter at a school bus stop in the northern Italian town of Preseglie, near Brescia. Both the woman and the … Continue reading
Remains on Concordia confirmed as missing woman
(ANSA) – Grosseto, October 24 – Police said Thursday the remains found on the wreck of the Costa Concordia are those of passenger Maria Grazia Trecarichi. DNA analysis was used to confirm her identity. Trecarchi had been one of the … Continue reading
Woman critical after husband sets fire to face
(ANSA) – Padua, October 22 – A 35-year-old woman whose husband lit her face on fire remained in critical condition at the Padua Hospital on Tuesday, two days after her attack, while her 47-year-old husband remained at large. The Chinese … Continue reading
Migrant woman gives birth to baby girl on board boat
(ANSA) – Siracusa, October 22 – A woman is in hospital with a newborn baby girl after giving birth on board a boat carrying as many as 250 migrants to Italy. Authorities say two Italian coast guard cutters arrived at … Continue reading
Man probed after pregnant woman, 4-year-old run over, killed
(ANSA) – Milan, October 21 – A 28-year-old Milanese man was put under investigation for manslaughter on Monday after running over a pregnant woman and her four-year old child. After the high-speed impact, the man put the car into reverse … Continue reading
Chinese woman nabbed with 80,000 euros hidden in nappies
(ANSA) – Milan, October 17 – A Chinese woman was caught at Milan’s Malpensa Airport Friday trying to take 80,000 euros out of Italy illegally, hidden in a pile of nappies. Police ran a check which showed the woman, 30, … Continue reading
Elderly Italian woman beaten by daughter, critical
(ANSA) – Taranto, October 17 – An elderly woman in the southern Italian port city of Taranto was hospitalised in critical condition on Thursday after her 35-year-old daughter allegedly beat her during a fight. The daughter, who has no prior … Continue reading
Woman cleans Ponte Vecchio after writing with nail polish
(ANSA) – Florence, October 16 – A tourist was forced to clean nail polish off Florence’s Ponte Vecchio Wednesday after she was spotted by municipal police writing names on the historic bridge. The woman, 27, from Turkey, was fined 160 … Continue reading