World News | Mother wants US soldier to be tried in Italy over son’s death

MILAN, Aug. 23 (AP) — The mother of a 15-year-old Italian boy who was killed by a car driven by a female U.S. serviceman at Aviano Air Force Base has asked for the case to be heard in Italy instead of the U.S. try the case. military court.

Italian authorities are investigating the cause of Giovanni Zanier’s death, but the case may be handed over to the military under the Italian-US military treaty because an American soldier was involved.

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The 20-year-old woman is under house arrest as she investigates a vehicular killing.

Toxicology tests showed she was driving four times the legal limit, according to Italian media.

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The boy’s mother, Barbara Scandela, told the Italian daily on Tuesday that the woman “must be tried in Italy and serve the full sentence here”.

“We all know that previous events have caused terrible accidents here for the American army. The truth is that in these fields they can do whatever they want with impunity,” Scandella was quoted as saying by the Roman daily La Repubblica.

She made similar comments to the Corriere della Sera.

In 1998, an American pilot flying a military jet from Aviano cut a ski lift cable when it was flying too low, killing 20 people.

He was court-martialed by a U.S. military court and acquitted of 20 counts of manslaughter in a case that sparked national outrage in Italy and strained relations with the U.S.

In the latest case, the woman was driving a car on the edge of a roundabout in the town of Porcia, about 15 kilometers from the base of Aviano in northeastern Italy, at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Italian media said. side collision.

According to Corriere della Sera, the 15-year-old was chatting with two friends on the bike path when he was hit, knocking him dozens of meters away.

He died while being transferred to the hospital. His friend was not injured.

U.S. military authorities expressed their “deepest condolences” and said they were working closely with Italian law enforcement. (Associated Press)

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