Avezzano, a family doctor, stabs his wife who is a candidate for the Communal and commits suicide

He stabs his wife at the height of a fight and then throws himself from the fifth floor of their house in Avezzano, in the province of Aquila: Vittorio Emi, 70, a family doctor specializing in cardiology, died instantly while his wife Paola Lombardo, 63, a merchant who owns a perfumery in the center, underwent surgery and is now in serious condition in the resuscitation room at Marsican Hospital. The woman is a candidate in the municipal elections of Avezzano today and tomorrow.

The tragedy shocked the entire community, where the doctor and his wife are well known. The police intervened in the act and the 118 who helped the two spouses. According to an initial reconstruction, the spouses were at home when the man assaulted his wife, seriously wounding her with at least three stab wounds before throwing himself into the void.

“My name is Paola Lombardo, I present myself as a candidate with the deliberate intention of doing politics, but with the simple title of citizen of Avezzano, active in commerce for many years”, is the message with which she appeared in the elections with the list “Avezzano Libera”. in support of mayoral candidate Giovanni Di Pangrazio: “I have not dedicated myself to politics, having dedicated my whole life to my family and my work, which I still carry out with passion and energy and which taught me to know people and understand their wants needs, “continues the motto.

In Avezzano -which with about 40 thousand inhabitants is the second largest city to vote in Abruzzo- there is voting in a municipality led by the commissioner, Mauro Passerotti: in June 2019 the council of the mayor’s office fell due to distrust and lack of budget approval . from the center-right, Gabriele De Angelis, who in June 2017 had defeated, supported by a civic group, the outgoing mayor, Giovanni Di Pangrazio, who had won the first round. De Angelis, now provincial coordinator of Forza Italia, had also had to overcome the obstacle of the so-called “lame duck”, that is, the majority in the city council returned to the hands of the losing mayor, triggered by a ruling of the Council of State that counted the preferences. .