The investigation continues regarding the death of 18-year-old volleyball player Julia Ituma from Igor Novara in Istanbul, where he went with his team for the semi-finals of the Champions League, this morning. According to Turkish officials, Ituma fell from the window of his sixth-floor hotel room while all his teammates were asleep. According to some local media, this was suicide, but so far this is a hypothesis.
Haberturk.com website published a video explaining that Julia was recorded on a hotel’s security camera. It would be the last images of the athlete, who is considered one of the most promising volleyball players on the Italian scene.
In the clip, Julia is seen walking alone in the corridor of the Istanbul hotel Burhan Felek Sports Hall, where she is staying with her team. She talks on the phone and sits face down on the floor. Then he stood up and went back to the room where he slept with teammate Spaniard Lucia Varela Gomez. The latter learned of the tragedy when the police woke her up after her partner’s body was found.
Farnesina, in its press release, stated that “The Consulate General of Istanbul and the Embassy in Ankara followed the event with great care, in close cooperation with Farnesina.” The Consulate General “acted immediately with Julia’s family, to whom the team and sports director provided maximum assistance while in constant contact with the Italian volleyball federation and local authorities”.
Source: Today IT
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