With the murder of Tonino Pireddu, Orani slips into mourning. "I am truly heartbroken," exclaims Don Pietro Borrotzu. "It seems there is no way to experience the days dedicated to faith or entertainment without them being tainted by grief."
No longer a young man, he has also seen the form and substance of barbarity change. "This type of crime," he explains, "is a new form compared to what we experienced in our youth. Before, there were opposing attitudes between families, and you more or less knew why they happened. Today, everything is more complex. Why do we miss the point? Why are the culprits never found? " Luca Carboni was killed nine years ago, on September 19th. There is no trace of the killers.
Those who speak and breathe Orani, its stones and its silences, report dynamics that are difficult to decipher from the outside. The killer who arrived from outside is evoked like a refrain.
Mayor Marco Ziranu frames his memory . "A quiet, very sensitive boy. I'm a veterinarian, and he often called me to tell me he'd found an injured animal. It's hard to understand what happened; this time, we just don't know anything. Even his friends are desperate; no one had any inkling."
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