Suspicious death of senator in Italy

As reported by the Italian agency ANSA, Senator Astorre of the PD, the main center-left party of the opposition, has died today at the Senate headquarters in the Cenci Palace, in the center of the capital, Rome.

The Rome Attorney General’s Office was said to have opened an investigation on suspicion of suicide due to the senator’s death, and that an investigation would take place at Astorre’s office. Based on this review, it was noted that a decision would be made to perform an autopsy on the body of Astorre, 59.

After Astorre’s death, messages of condolence poured in from leading figures in Italian politics.

The president of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa, stated that he was very sorry for the incident and ordered the flags to be lowered to half mast in the Senate.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also shared on his Twitter account: “I am deeply saddened by the death of PD Lazio Senator and Regional Secretary Bruno Astorre. He was a passionate and loyal competitor, a good person. On my behalf and on behalf of my government, I share the pain of his wife, his family and the political community. he used the phrase.

Elly Schlein, leader of Astorre’s PD party, said: “We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic news of the death of Senator Bruno Astorre. We are with his family ”. he performed the assessment of it.

Astorre, who was elected to the Senate from the PD lists for the first time in 2013, was elected as a Senator for the third time in early elections held on September 25, 2022.

Meanwhile, the newspaper La Repubblica wrote that Senator Astorre could have taken his own life. (AA)