Keep an Eye on the Italian Right Wing this Weekend
The story that has gripped Italy for the last month has been the stabbing death of Sharon Verzeni in the Bergamese town of Terno D'Isola. The story has been presented as a mystery, since Verzeni was stabbed to death in the street, but none of the surveillance cameras seemed to have captured either the act or the suspect fleeing the scene. Suspicion of course fell on her boyfriend, but he seemed to have an airtight alibi, and had full support of the victim's family. The police did not consider him a suspect.
Today, a suspect was arrested. It seems to have been a completely random stabbing, with the police saying that she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. So, why watch the Italian right?
The suspect in custody is one Moussa Sangare, a 31 year old who was born in Italy to Malian parents. The prosecutors have noted that Sangare went out that night with four knives, and sought to also lure two teenage boys into a confrontation prior to killing Verzeni. They are charging him with premeditated murder. With the stabbings in England and Germany as the context, I'm at least somewhat concerned about how the Italian ultra right will respond to this arrest.
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Many on DU severely underestimated her, saying that her government would last 6 months at best. I knew that she was different, being much more charismatic, and with a bigger following then the rest.
While the right-wing recently lost big in England and France, it has only gotten stronger in Italy, mostly because of her. 
