Convicted killer on work release dies after throwing himself off Milan's Duomo
Italian news reports said the Italian man, who was identified as 35-year-old Emanuele De Maria, fell "dozens of metres" after reportedly throwing himself from the Gothic cathedral into the square below.
The area surrounding the Duomo, Milan's most famous landmark, is usually teeming with people but news reports did not mention any injuries among passersby.
Italian TV images showed police blocking off the area surrounding one of the sides of the cathedral.
Police authorities identified De Maria from an ID in his pocket and his tattoos, according to Il Corriere della Sera newspaper.
De Maria was serving a 14-year prison sentence after being convicted of the 2016 murder of a 23-year-old woman near Caserta, southern Italy, according to reports.
He was working part-time at a hotel near Milan's Centrale train station as part of a work release programme.
De Maria had been on the run since Friday, when he allegedly stabbed a work colleague five times.
The colleague, a 50-year-old Italian-Egyptian national identified as Hani Fouad Abdelghaffar Nasr, was reported as being in serious but non-life-threatening condition at Milan's Niguarda Hospital.
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