Maria Spinelli, who died in the shooting at the Aarau rave: who was the 22-year-old from Abruzzo with a passion for techno music?
The young woman from Città Sant’Angelo had moved to Switzerland just a month earlier to work. Her passion for music, her diploma from hospitality college. The grief of Abruzzo
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She had moved to Switzerland a month earlier to work and build a future for herself. Maria Spinelli, the 22-year-old from Abruzzo who died in the shooting at the rave in Aarau, had found a job as a waitress. On the night between Saturday and Sunday, she was at the racecourse in the Swiss town with friends. She was attending a techno music event when the shots were fired that killed her. She would have turned 23 in October.
Who was Maria Spinelli
Maria Spinelli was born in Atri, in the province of Teramo, and lived in Città Sant’Angelo, a town in the Pescara hinterland situated between Montesilvano and Silvi. She had attended the Zolli Hotel Management School in Silvi, where she had obtained her diploma. After finishing her studies, she had decided to seek a career opportunity outside Italia. She had left for Switzerland about a month before the shooting.
He had the words ‘Buena suerte’ – ‘good luck’ in Spanish – tattooed on his body. Two words linked to his decision to leave and his desire to start a new chapter in his life.
Working in Switzerland and moving to Aarau
In Switzerland, Maria had found a job as a waitress, putting the training she’d received at hospitality college to good use. It was the start of a new life far from Abruzzo, but she’d stayed in regular contact with her family and friends. The young woman had quickly settled into her new life. She also continued to nurture her passion for techno music, the very same passion that had led her to frequent the clubs in the Pescara area back in Abruzzo.
On Saturday evening, he had gone to the Aarau racecourse to take part in the ‘Aargau Rave’, one of the most important events in the canton of Aargau. The event had attracted around 3,000 people.
