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Quote'World peace' hitcher is murdered
Pippa Bacca (left) and Silvia Moro hitchike in Lubiana (14 March 2008) (Photo: Pippa Bacca/FotoUp)
Ms di Marineo (L) was hitch-hiking from Milan to Lebanon with a fellow artist

An Italian woman artist who was hitch-hiking to the Middle East dressed as a bride to promote world peace has been found murdered in Turkey.

The naked body of Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, 33, known as Pippa Bacca, was found in bushes near the city of Gebze on Friday.

She had said she wanted to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people.

Turkish police say they have detained a man in connection with the killing.

Reports say the man led the police to the body.

Autopsy

Ms di Marineo was hitch-hiking from Milan to Lebanon with a fellow artist on their "Brides on Tour" project.

They had separated in Istanbul, planning to reunite in Beirut.

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Ms di Marineo was last seen on 31 March in Gebze.

An Italian embassy official told the Associated Press news agency police tracked the man when he put a new SIM card into Ms di Marineo's mobile phone.

Local media identified the suspect only by the initials MK and said he had a previous conviction for theft.

Ms di Marineo's sister, who had gone to Turkey to look for her, identified the body. An autopsy is being conducted in Istanbul.

"Her travels were for an artistic performance and to give a message of peace and of trust, but not everyone deserves trust," another sister, Maria, told the Italian news agency, Ansa.

what

bitch cant hang wit da streets

That's just terrible

I don't know what's worse:  the dying or the embarrassment.

Well, that's Turkey for you.

I hitch-hike all the time, but there are definitely places where I wouldn't even think about it. The middle east is one of them.

Quote from: ChocolateBarClock;1280484Well, that's the middle east for you.

Turkey's in Europe

EDIT:
Actually it borders some Middle Eastern countries and some European ones but I'm almost positive it's part of the European Union



who cares turkey sucks

Oh woops. Didn't read it carefully.

Quote from: Yannis Philippakis;1280489Turkey's in Europe

Ok, more specifically, any Islamic country.

Good grief!

Quote from: Yannis Philippakis;1280489Actually it borders some Middle Eastern countries and some European ones but I'm almost positive it's part of the European Union

It isn't, and for so far I know it still belongs to Asia and not too Europe, and I hope it stays that way.

Quote from: Yannis Philippakis;1280489Turkey's in Europe

EDIT:
Actually it borders some Middle Eastern countries and some European ones but I'm almost positive it's part of the European Union



who cares turkey sucks

1. Turkey is part of Asia and Europe.
2. It's not in the European Union.

That's just depressing

Oh great now we will never have world peace. Good job guys.

while i admit it wasn't the brightest thing to do it's still sad.

Quote from: WhiteClock;1280474Traveling across the Middle East is dangerous. Let a lone Hitchhiking as a female in a bridal gown. Terrible stuff though. I've known people who have traveled across America, even going down to Harlem. A few people who have gone across Europe. It's a shame someone who tried to do it with a symbolic meaning ended up being murdered.

I've been to Harlem, in one of those Grayline big red open-top double-decker riding targets, a white ship in a sea of black, or so you would think. In fact, it was not a big deal really. People were friendly. Hell I even got hit on by this girl.

Related story: when I was thirteen I also went to New York. I bought this blue Yankees baseball cap, completely oblivious to the whole gang thing of course. I wore it for the entire week running around in New York. I even recall that some guy selling mixtapes out of his trunk tried to warn my dad about it. My dad thought it was just another crazy local trying to fool a tourist, though. Ha-ha.

Turkey better cut that shit out if they want to get into the EU

Quote from: TequilaClock;1280508Oh great now we will never have world peace. Good job guys.

lol

for fuck sakes what has scorpion clock got himself into now