Witness’s death to be treated as murder

ROME: Italian authorities are treating the death of Imane Fadil, a Moroccan model who was a witness in former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s “bunga bunga” trial, as a potential murder case.

Fadil died on March 1 in a Milanarea hospital after wasting away for more than a month with an undiagnosed condition, prosecutors said. An autopsy is expected this week.

Milan chief prosecutor Francesco Greco spoke on Friday of “symptoms of poisoning” and said his office was conducting “in depth investigations” into “a serious affair”.

Fadil was one of the showgirls who testified about how Berlusconi used to invite them for “bunga bunga” sex parties. She had reportedly written a book about her experiences.

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