Murder of Giulia Cecchettin

thumb|Basilica of Santa Giustina, where the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin took place on 5 December 2023. Giulia Cecchettin (5 May 2001 – 11 November 2023) was an Italian university student who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta on 11 November 2023. Her murder sparked protests in Italy against feminicide. Quotes about What strikes me is that this young man likely had significant psychological issues, particularly of a narcissistic nature. [...] He couldn't process how the story ended and felt inadequate compared to Giulia. Because she had achieved her goals, and he hadn't. There was clearly a kind of direct competition between the two. Giulia didn't see it or grasp it, but Filippo was experiencing it. And all of this happens just before Giulia graduates. A time when she would undoubtedly have taken off and started her own career. Therefore, it was the definitive end to a relationship that he couldn't bear to see come to an end. Roberta Bruzzone, quoted in Alessandro Rosi, «È omicidio premeditato, Filippo si è sentito inadeguato e l'ha uccisa», Ilmessaggero.it, 17 November 2023. It happened in Veneto, in one of the country’s most productive and prosperous regions, in what has been called Italy’s economic powerhouse. It didn't happen in a southern suburb labelled with the usual blah-blah. [...] It's clear proof that violence and prejudice against women have nothing to do with what the usual four sociologists say. Here, we are in the heart of the Northeast. There are the houses, the well-kept gardens – a world we thought was privileged. And happy. But it isn't. We have money, but not happiness. There are young people who can't tell the difference between feelings: how can you talk about love when you make forty phone calls to a girl? Paolo Crepet, quoted in «Non è stato un raptus. Bisogna cogliere i segnali, non si diventa un "lupo" in una notte», Ilmessaggero.it, 19 November 2023. Around 30% of men who kill women attempt suicide after committing their abhorrent crime. But femicide is the most outrageous form of this kind of carnage. It’s perpetrated by men who lack control over their emotions, particularly anger, which turns into a desire for punishment and revenge. This ranges from defamation to the annihilation of Giulia, who was concerned for the safety of her own executioner. The audio recordings Giulia left behind are proof of a complete failure to understand and prevent this. So, then, instead of leading to the adoption of comprehensive and effective measures, all the universal revulsion and indignation over the heinous crime is channelled into an overwhelming barrage of random television rhetoric. :*Paolo Guzzanti, quoted in L'educazione all'affettività a scuola è una scatola vuota, non ha possibilità di fermare i femminicidi, ilriformista.it, 24 November 2023. I followed the updates on the case with apprehension and, right to the end, hoped for a different outcome. The discovery of Giulia's lifeless body is heartbreaking news. We offer our deepest condolences to her family and all her loved ones. I hope that this unimaginable tragedy is soon fully resolved. Giorgia Meloni, quoted in Giulia Cecchettin, Meloni: "Dramma inconcepibile". Schlein: "Subito una legge", Tg24.sky.it, 19 November 2023. What we never wanted has happened. Once again, a young woman's body has been found, and it's Giulia's. She was very young, and her attacker was very young too. The violence, as already seen on surveillance camera footage, was terrible. Our response is not just the unspeakable anguish at a chain of deaths to which, each time, another horror is added. Our response is decisive action. Next week, the Senate is scheduled to consider the government’s bill to strengthen and speed up preventive and precautionary measures. It has already been unanimously approved by the Chamber of Deputies, and we hope it will become final state law in just a few days. Eugenia Roccella, quoted in Giulia Cecchettin, Meloni: "Dramma inconcepibile". Schlein: "Subito una legge", Tg24.sky.it, 19 November 2023. For true justice to be served, for Giulia Cecchettin and for all the other women killed by male violence, this is not enough. And pain and indignation are not enough. We cannot continue to witness this massacre day after day. In recent months, and even in the last few days, following Paola Cortellesi's words, I have spoken to Prime Minister Meloni, and I say it again today: let's put aside political battles, at least when it comes to combating this massacre of women and girls, and try to move the country forward. [...] Let's immediately pass a law that introduces education in schools. Elly Schlein, quoted in Giulia Cecchettin, Meloni: "Dramma inconcepibile". Schlein: "Subito una legge", tg24.sky.it, 19 November 2023. Gino is pleased for me to go up to Giulia's room. The bed is unmade, just as she left it that Saturday morning. The sheets are crumpled, and the clothes are scattered about. Gino grabs one and smells it. It's the second time he lets himself go, as he should. There are puppets everywhere and photos stuck to the doors of a wardrobe that Gino opens for the first time. On the bookshelf are volumes by Thomas Hardy and one by Madeleine Thien, Non dite che non abbiamo niente [Don't Say We Have Nothing]. On the desk lies a diary, written in neat handwriting, with uncorrected text. It stops at 2021. Gino hasn't read it. He will. The feeling I have, in this small house in Vigonovo, now enveloped in darkness and rain, is that there is only light. Light that emanates from Giulia's room and illuminates everything. Walter Veltroni, quoted in Gino Cecchettin: «L’ultimo abbraccio a Giulia nella bara. I genitori di Filippo? Una disgrazia forse più feroce della mia», corriere.it, 7 December 2023. 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