Martina's murder, Meloni: 'On feminicides we must all do more together'

"To Martina's family goes my embrace, full of sorrow and sympathy. To Justice, the duty to intervene with the utmost severity. To the institutions the duty not to look the other way. There are many measures that we have approved so far to try to stop this evil, but we must be aware that regulations will never be enough if we do not bring about a profound cultural and social change. Steps forward have been taken in recent years, but they are clearly not enough. We must do more, all together. For Martina. For all of them'. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni affirmed this on social media, commenting on the murder of the 14-year-old girl in Afragola (Naples), 'a merciless crime, which strikes deep inside every parent, every citizen, every human being'.

"Martina was only 14 years old," adds the premier. She had life ahead of her, dreams, friendships, school. She was taken from her with a violence that leaves one breathless, brutally killed by those who said they loved her. A merciless crime, which strikes deep into every parent, every citizen, every human being. Her death shocks us. It forces us to look into the face of a profound evil, which we can neither ignore nor normalise: the blind and possessive violence that all too often befalls women, even the youngest". This was stated on social media by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni commenting on the murder of the 14-year-old girl in Afragola (Naples).

People continue to die under the blows of ex-boyfriends, boyfriends, husbands, partners. Martina Carbonaro, 14, and Fernanda Di Nuzzo, 61, are the latest two victims of feminicide. Two in three days. A total of 19 women have been killed since the beginning of the year. Of these, 10 are victims of feminicide, killed by ex-boyfriends or partners, according to data from the quarterly report of the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police of the Department of Public Security on voluntary homicides committed between 1 January and 31 March 2025. To them must be added the latest victims of feminicide, which brings the tally of murdered women to 19. The youngest was only 14 years old, Martina, murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Alessio Tucci, 19 years old next July, because she had left him. On the morning of 29 May, Fernanda Di Nuzzo, a kindergarten teacher, died from the wounds caused by her husband, Pasquale Piersanti, her peer, who stabbed her in the abdomen. Doctors' attempts to save her life were futile.