They arrested a man who stabbed another because he seemed "too happy"

A young man was arrested in Italy for the alleged murder of another man in the city of Turin (north) only because he seemed "too happy", he confessed during the interrogation, reported Monday the Italian police.

The event happened on February 23, when Stefano Leo, 33was fatally stabbed in the neck while strolling on the pedestrian promenade of Lungo Po Machiavelli in Turin; eThe alleged perpetrator, Said Machaouat, 27, has returned this Sunday to the carabinieri (militarized police) of Turin.

During the next interrogation, the alleged murderer confessed that he had chosen Leo casually while strolling on the banks of the Po and justified his choice because the victim had an "air of happiness".

"I chose this young man from the many people who pbaded because he seemed too happy and could not bear his happiness.", confessed the alleged killer.

"I wanted to kill a boy like me, take away all the promises he'd made, the kids, take them to his friends and family," he said, according to the transcript of the interrogation read by a policeman at the press conference.

The chief prosecutor of Turin, Paolo Borgna, estimated at a press conference thatThe motive of the homicide is "surprisingly bbad" and, although the testimony of the accused has not yet been verified, he pointed to a sentence of all that he acknowledged to the authorities after having surrendered.

The commander of the carabinieri, Francesco Rizzo, stressed that the survey has not been closed yet and that, for the moment, the presence of the alleged murderer at the scene of the crime has already been badured.

Colonel pointed out that the murderer, Italian of Moroccan origin, was going through a bad personal pbad, he had no work, no money, not even a house so he slept in a shelter.

transcended also that he had just separated from his wife. "The worst thing is that my four-year-old son calls Dad his grandfather, the father of my ex-wife"said the accused on his situation.

However, Stefano Leo did not know him. "I saw him, he looked at me and I thought that he should suffer as I do it."he confessed.

(With EFE information)