Italian tourist found dead in Nice experienced a real ordeal

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Hit, gagged and possibly raped.

The Italian tourist discovered lifeless, gagged on the bed of the maid's room she rented at 12 rue Dalpozzo, in Nice, was the victim of a particularly violent crime.

According to the first results of the investigation, revealed by

, Natalia, an Italian of Belarusian origin aged 63, was beaten and strangled.

The investigators also evoke a "suspicion of rape" which remains to be confirmed.

24-year-old suspect indicted

The macabre discovery had taken place on the night of August 23 to 24, by firefighters dispatched to the site to extinguish the fire that was spreading to the top floor of the building where the victim was staying next to the main suspect.

Constantin, a 24-year-old Romanian, was arrested the night of the fire.

A judicial investigation was opened for murder and, according to

, "it is not excluded that justice will subsequently retain acts of torture and barbarism".

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