Turkey Offers Condolences To Family Of Italian Artist

ANKARA - Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered on Monday condolences to family of Italian artist Giuseppina Pasqualino.
A statement by the ministry said death of Pasqualino caused indignation among Turkish people. Investigation is under way, it said.
"Turkish police captured the suspect who confessed that he committed this inhuman crime. We offer our condolences to Pasqualino's family," it said.
Italian artist Giuseppina Pasqualino, who was known as "Pippa Bacca" in her country, departed from the Italian city of Milan together with Silvia Moro, an artist friend of hers, on March 8th. The two artists were travelling to the Israeli city of Tel Aviv by hitchhiking in order to give a "peace message" to the world.
Pasqualino and Moro separated from each other in Istanbul on March 19th. Since March 31st, no contact could be established with Pasqualino.
The 33-year-old artist was found dead in a forest near Gebze town of the northwestern province of Kocaeli on April 12th.
The 38-year-old suspect of the murder, Murat Karatas, was arrested.
(EÖ-MS)