{"id":186202,"date":"2019-04-04T07:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T07:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=186202"},"modified":"2019-04-08T06:47:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T06:47:01","slug":"moroccan-migrant-says-he-killed-italian-man-because-he-was-white-and-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=186202","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan Migrant Says He Killed Italian Man Because He Was &#8216;White&#8217; And &#8216;Happy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Chris Menahan \u2013 Information Liberation April 3, 2019<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stefano-Leo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-186203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stefano-Leo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stefano-Leo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stefano-Leo-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">I wonder why the Western media is ignoring this story?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">From <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/04\/03\/moroccan-admits-murder-italian-man-who-smiled-him\/\">Breitbart<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A Moroccan migrant has admitted to murdering Italian man Stefano Leo [pictured above], claiming that he wanted to kill someone &#8220;young, white and Italian.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Said Mechaout, 27, born in Morocco but a naturalised Italian citizen, confessed to the killing, which occurred on the banks of the river Po in Turin on February 23rd, claiming he had purposely been waiting to kill a white Italian near his own age, Il Giornale <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/voglio-uccidere-italiano-poi-marocchino-sgozza-stefano-leo-1672728.html\">reports<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;I hit a white, based on the obvious fact that a young Italian would have caused a sensation,&#8221; he allegedly told police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;I looked at him and I was sure he was Italian. I wanted to kill a guy like me, take away all the promises he had, children, remove him from his friends and relatives,&#8221; Mechaout said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Moroccan-born young man then described the attack to police saying, &#8220;I sat on a bench. I smoked a couple of cigarettes. People were passing by. I chose that place because you can run away immediately.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He added that he had been looking for someone &#8220;happy&#8221; to kill when Stefano Leo passed by him wearing headphones and sunglasses. As Leo walked up the stairs to the street, Mechaout stabbed him in the throat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;Among all the people who were passing, I chose to kill this young man because he looked happy. And I couldn&#8217;t stand his happiness,&#8221; Mechaout said according to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/voiceofeurope.com\/2019\/04\/moroccan-migrant-murdered-random-italian-because-he-looked-happy-and-he-couldnt-stand-his-happiness\/\">Voice of Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, citing state prosecutors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Monday on Twitter, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini quoted the killer&#8217;s statement that &#8220;I chose to kill this young man because he looked happy&#8221; and said he will fight to bring Stefano&#8217;s family justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Suspect reportedly uploaded a video to YouTube calling for Africans to &quot;rise up&quot; and punish Europe for it&#39;s &quot;unacceptable politics&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Salvini: Senegalese Migrant Who Set Fire to Bus Full of Kids Will Be Stripped of Citizenship If Convicted of Terrorism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/haws7UOArn\">https:\/\/t.co\/haws7UOArn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Menahan ?? (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1108829753233027072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In March, an African migrant set fire to a bus full of Italian school children after releasing a video on YouTube calling for Africans to &#8220;rise up&#8221; and punish Europe for it&#8217;s &#8220;unacceptable politics.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHo scelto di uccidere lui perch\u00e9 aveva un\u2019aria felice\u201d. Non ci sono parole. Far\u00f2 di tutto perch\u00e9 la famiglia del povero Stefano ottenga Giustizia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMyCPrSH8E\">pic.twitter.com\/BMyCPrSH8E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matteosalvinimi\/status\/1112730042658885633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=60015\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I chose to kill this young man because he looked happy. 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