Ex-husband set deadly booby trap for police in Faido
A 47-year-old man killed his ex-wife in Ticino and prepared a deadly trap for arriving police officers.
Ex-husband set deadly booby trap for police in Faido
A 47-year-old man killed his 44-year-old ex-wife on 21 June 2025 in her flat in Faido (TI). He then set up a deadly explosive trap for the officers who arrived to arrest him.
Police were alerted on the morning of the incident after a call came into the emergency dispatch centre. Several patrol units drove to the victim's flat. During a search of the premises, officers discovered an improvised explosive device that appeared to have been deliberately placed for them. The explosion killed the suspected perpetrator and two police officers were injured.
Investigators are treating the case as a femicide. The man and the woman were formerly a couple. The exact circumstances of the crime and the question of how the explosive device was constructed remain the subject of ongoing investigations.
Source: SRF
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