All of Italy is shocked by the death of a 21-year-old young man who was brutally beaten by aggressors after intervening to quell a quarrel.
Willy Monteiro Duarte, a 21-year-old colored man born in Rome, died after intervening to stop another quarrel. The aggressors were 4 white youths, who have already been put in handcuffs.
According to Italian media, Willy Monteiro Duarte passed away on Sunday morning, in Colleferro, near Rome, after he became part of a fight with four other boys between the ages of 22 and 26.
The arrested are two brothers, Marco and Gabriele Bianchi, Mario Pincarelli and Francesco Belleggia, who are accused of aggravated premeditated murder for weak motives, but investigators have ruled out the fact of murder due to racism.
The photo with the smiling face of Willy Monteiro Duarte, a young boy who wanted to be a chef and who dreamed of playing football with Rome, has been shared over the last two days in all Italian media. Even celebrities have shared the photo of the young man, expressing condolences and seeking justice for the young man.
According to Italian media, the murder took place in the early hours of Sunday in the back of a building, not far from a police station.
Monteiro Duarte was returning home with his friends and is suspected of witnessing a quarrel involving several boys - one of whom is thought to have been his friend. According to the first reconstructions of the scene by the police, Monteiro Duarte had approached to calm the quarrel, but received a strong blow to the head by one of the boys. It is thought that the blow to the head was fatal for the young man, but this has not yet been confirmed by the autopsy.
Willy lived with his family in Paliano, in the province of Frosinone. She had studied at the Fiuggi Institute and worked as a kitchen assistant in a hotel in Artena.
