Giulia Cecchettin's killing sparks Italian reckoning over femicide

The killing of a young woman in Italy, allegedly at the hands of her possessive ex-boyfriend, has shocked the country and prompted a reckoning about violence against women.

On 11 November - days before 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin was due to get her biomedical engineering degree - she went to buy her graduation outfit with her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta.

Then, the couple disappeared.

A few days later, CCTV footage emerged showing the final moments of her life.

Mr Turetta, 22, can be seen beating his former partner in a car park close to her house in Vigonovo, near Venice - according to the investigating judge.

She tried to escape, but prosecutors say he put duct tape on her mouth, forced her into his car and drove to an industrial area, where he attacked her again.

After a week-long search, her body was found at the bottom of a ditch, wrapped in black plastic bags.

Her remains bore signs of a brutal murder - her head and neck covered with at least 20 deep stab wounds. She is believed to have died on the night of 11 November.

Police issued an international arrest warrant and launched a massive manhunt for Filippo Turetta. His car was traced going through northern Italy, into Austria and then Germany.

A week later, he was arrested near Leipzig, in Germany, when a driver called the police after noticing that he was parked on the motorway with his lights off. The caller had no idea the 22-year-old was wanted for murder.