Termini Imerese (Italy) (TIP): An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were killed when a luxury yacht sank in stormy weather off Sicily this week. The head of the public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio, said while the yacht had been hit by a very sudden meteorological event, it was “plausible” that crimes of multiple manslaughter through negligence had been committed.
So far the investigation was not aimed at any individual person, he told a news conference. (Reuters)
Three stabbed to death at German festival; 1 detained
Solingen (TIP): Police hunting for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded eight in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen said on August 21 they had detained an individual. The police said in the afternoon they were investigating whether there was a possible terrorist link to the attack.
“The investigation and manhunt for possible further perpetrators and reasons for the crime are in full swing,” the police said. The incident occurred around 9.40 pm when the man attacked multiple people with a knife. (Reuters)