«A white that tastes of red». The red of blood. These are words that explode after the feast of San Giovanni in Fonni. They are those of Rina Nolis, Salvatore's sister, killed at the foot of Gennargentu on June 24 five years ago , on the day of San Giovanni, the feast of which he was the prior.
"I know who my brother's murderer is, but there is no evidence," says the sister who, after a post entrusted to her Facebook profile, tries to break the wall of silence that surrounded the crime. For the woman , the murderer walked in the procession a few days ago with a white shirt .
“I've never been silent. I have always told everything to the police, I said it when there were investigations underway and they did the investigations, there is no evidence, but I know who killed my brother ". As he did on the first Christmas after the crime, he renews the appeal: "Who knows, speak."
The decision
The words entrusted to social media arrive «with so much suffering. I thought about it a lot with my sister - she explains from her home outside the island -. We are the only ones left to ask for justice ». Show a courage that leaves you in silence. He does it, he says, "because I want justice, but now in addition to the damage there is insult" thus explaining the reason for that post.
She has decided to publicly write that she has recognized on social media what she believes to be Salvatore's murderer, who accompanied the saint in procession a couple of days ago . «I'm afraid, but you have the courage when you know that you are right and no one defends you, not even those who, like the state, should have done something and instead did not and you know that you are alone. Because we are alone. I just want justice and that this person cannot wear a white shirt and accompany a saint in procession in front of everyone , the priest, the mayor, the authorities and that no one does anything. For me this goes beyond any logic ».
The post
«In the videos I saw the procession accompanied by the knights of S'istangiardu and by the others, those in white shirts. The effect was truly beautiful and touching. I believe that accompanying the saint in a procession and bringing home a historical and significant relic such as on “cohone 'e vrores” is an important thing and deeply felt by all knights. However, something or someone was out of place, strongly. A white shirt was stained with red: the color of blood ... did I only see it? Nobody noticed? Does hypocrisy go so far, that it only shows us what suits us? Do we allow the statue of the patron to be accompanied by an unworthy person? The procession passed in front of my house, did anyone notice, at least at that moment, the strong dissonance due to the fact that 5 years ago the prior who lived in that house was massacred by gunfire on the morning of that same party ? ".
The wall of silence
«The problem is always the same - he repeats - no one wants to expose himself. I have always published and written what I could - says Rina -. The investigations have been made, but there is no evidence and everything is hushed up ». The murder was closed . “I am disappointed in everyone. Nobody talks. When my brother was killed it was 9 in the morning on a day of celebration but no one saw anything. My brother was a person well liked by everyone, involved in all associations, charismatic, always with a smile, but he was not one who let himself put his feet on his head. He didn't do anything to me. He only defended what was his from the bullying he suffered. For this alone, he was killed by someone who was surely trigger-happy. '
Fabio Ledda
