Murder in Thiene, Ghanaian citizen stabbed in home by friend
Dominic Boahen, 40, was killed with a knife wound on Thursday evening in his flat in Thiene. The attacker, fellow citizen Ernest Kwako Nyamaah, 53, has confessed and is in prison charged with aggravated voluntary murder.
Murder during a quarrel
The quarrel broke out on Thursday 12 November at around 20:00 in the ground-floor flat on Via delle Pastorelle in Thiene. According to ilgiornaledivicenza.it, Dominic Boahen, 40, a Ghanaian national legally resident in Italy, was struck by a violent knife wound from his fellow citizen Ernest Kwako Nyamaah, 53, with whom he shared the same flat. Upon arrival of emergency services from Suem and the carabinieri, there was nothing more to be done for Boahen.
Nyamaah surrendered immediately without offering resistance, admitting to the act: "Yes, I killed him." Public Prosecutor Jacopo Augusto Corno ordered his arrest for aggravated voluntary murder. Boahen lay motionless on the flat's floor when the first responders arrived at the scene.
Motive and alcohol
The two had lived together for some time and presented themselves as long-time friends. According to reconstructions, the quarrel would not have been the first: neighbours reported that frequent arguments erupted between the two, often due to alcohol consumed in large quantities by both. That evening the dispute had not initially caused particular concern among the other residents of the eight-flat building, which stands in a quiet residential area near the railway line.
The investigation
Carabinieri from the Thiene company, co-ordinated by Captain Mario Sorice, carried out the initial investigations at the crime scene. The entrance to the flat was stained with blood. Investigators continued operations until late into the night with colleagues from the provincial operational unit, gathering witness statements and questioning Nyamaah himself, who will be formally interviewed in the presence of a lawyer.
The flat has been placed under seizure for further investigations. A bloodstained kitchen blade, believed to be the murder weapon, was recovered from the flat. The medical examiner will carry out an autopsy on the victim to determine the number of stab wounds received and whether Boahen attempted to defend himself. On the following day, further witnesses were questioned in order to clarify the motive for the act.
Source: Google News IT — Crime (it)