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Ticino authorities open murder inquiry after 22-year-old British woman found dead in hotel room

A 29-year-old German male is been held and questioned by local police in relation to the case.

Published: 12 April 2019 15:17 CEST
Ticino authorities open murder inquiry after 22-year-old British woman found dead in hotel room
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A 22-year-old British woman was found dead in her hotel room in the southern Italian-speaking Swiss town of Muralto on Tuesday this week.

The body was discovered in the bathroom of a hotel suite on the morning of April 9th.

The local cantonal police did not diclose further details in a press release. 

However a subsequent statement by Ticino’s interior ministry on Friday April 12th states that a murder investigation has now been opened. 

A 29-year-old German male and resident of the canton of Zurich, identified as the woman’s boyfriend by Swiss daily Le Matin, was arrested on Tuesday.

“The hypotheses of the crime are those of intentional homicide, possibly manslaughter,” said the ministry in a statement, having concluded the initial autopsy.  

Media reports have suggested the couple argued violently before the girl's death; another media report suggested the girl's death could be linked to a sexual encounter that turned violent.

Local daily Ticino Online reports that the hotel in question was La Palma du Lac.

READ MORE: Crime in Switzerland: what the latest figures reveal

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Swiss probing 11-year-old over Islamist posts: media

Swiss police are investigating an 11-year-old boy believed to have been radicalised by Islamic extremists -- the youngest person ever to be involved in such a case in Switzerland, media reported Friday.

Published: 7 September 2024 08:35 CEST
Swiss probing 11-year-old over Islamist posts: media

Swiss broadcasters RTS and SRF reported that police in the southern Swiss canton of Wallis had questioned the boy in June.

He was questioned in connection with “racist and discriminatory content” posted on social media, they said, citing the cantonal juvenile court.

The child reportedly admitted to having had contact with people involved in extremist movements abroad.

The court had not identified the extremist movements in question, but RTS and SRF said they had obtained information indicating they were Islamist and Jihadist groups.

Prior to this case, Islamist extremist cases on record in Switzerland have never involved anyone younger than 14, the broadcasters reported.

Wallis authorities have reportedly opened a juvenile case against the child, whose nationality was not divulged.

The juvenile court had stressed that the level of radicalisation had yet to be established and that the boy enjoyed the presumption of innocence.

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