Erba Massacre

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The Erba Massacre (Italian: strage di Erba) is a notorious case of multiple homicide that occurred in Erba, in the province of Como, Italy on 11 December 2006. The massacre was carried out by the married couple Olindo Romano (born 10 February 1962 in Albaredo per San Marco) and his wife Rosa Angela Bazzi (born 12 September 1963 in Erba). The couple used a knife and crowbar to kill their neighbours Raffaella Castagna (born 21 August 1976 in Erba), her young son Youssef Marzouk (born 9 September 2004 in Erba) and her mother Paola Galli (26 January 1949 in Erba). Also killed was their other neighbour Valeria Cherubini (born 9 August 1951 in Montorfano). Her husband, Mario Frigerio (born 29 June 1941 in Montorfano – died 16 September 2014 in Como) was slashed in the throat and was believed dead by the attackers. He managed to save himself thanks to a congenital malformation of the carotid artery which prevented him from dying from blood loss. The massacre took place at the home of Raffaella Castagna, in a renovated courtyard in the centre of the town. The apartment was set on fire immediately after the crime was committed. The high profile trial was reported across the country and internationally. BBC News reported the surprise confessions as a "dramatic twist to the murder mystery that gripped Italy". On 3 May 2011, the Supreme Court of Cassation rejected the appeals, making the appeal sentence definitive which recognised the couple, already sentenced to life imprisonment in the first instance, as the perpetrators of the massacre.