Campanella

British

/ kampaˈnɛlla /

noun

Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole .

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University student Sara Campanella, 22, was killed by an acquaintance on Monday afternoon in the Sicilian city of Messina.

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Witnesses told media that they saw a man - later identified by prosecutors as 27-year-old Stefano Argentino - walk up to Ms Campanella and stab her on the street.

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A passer-by who reportedly heard Ms Campanella's screams tried to chase the attacker, who managed to flee.

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The Messina prosecutor, Antonio D'Amato, said that Stefano Argentino had "insistently and repeatedly" harassed Sara Campanella since she started university two years ago.

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One of her friends once had to intervene when Mr Argentino kept complaining that Ms Campanella no longer smiled at him, Mr D'Amato said.

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