Man arrested in Palermo over fatal burning of homeless man (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
A man has been arrested in Palermo, Italy following a horrific fatal attack on a homeless man who was burned alive while sleeping on the streets.
Police launched a manhunt Saturday for the suspect who set the man alight after dousing him with a flammable liquid. Footage of the attack was caught on CCTV and uploaded to the site of Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
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Video of the incident shows a hooded man approaching the victim, 45-year-old Marcello Cimino, as he slept under a blanket in a porch next to a soup kitchen.
Locals reportedly heard the victim screaming but he succumbed to his injuries by the time emergency services arrived at the scene.
+++Palermo fermato da #squadramobile un uomo sospettato dell'aggressione al senzatetto morto bruciato da liquido infiammabile questa notte pic.twitter.com/rsmrnx6iwR
— Polizia di Stato (@poliziadistato) March 11, 2017
According to La Repubblica, a suspect identified as Giuseppe Pecoraro, also 45, has confessed to the murder. Pecoraro, who police say worked at a gas station, reportedly believed the victim had been having an affair with the woman he was seeing.
#SquadraMobile presunto omicida clochard un 45enne che lavora saltuariamente in distributore carburante avrebbe ucciso per motivi passionali pic.twitter.com/i9rftD7qXT
— Polizia di Stato (@poliziadistato) March 11, 2017
