on August 18 after hiding in the woodland area of northeastern Reggio Emilia for 10 days. He reportedly went to the police station in bare feet, wearing blood-stained clothes that he presumably wore on the day of the murder.

He told police where he buried the murder weapon. While the authorities are still investigating the motive, initial analysis of the case point to possible femicide than a failed robbery or personal grudge.

Hundreds of Chinese community members from all over northern Italy joined Zhou’s family and friends to mourn the victim’s death during the funeral ceremony on August 19 at a Chinese evangelical Christian church in the outskirts of Reggio Emilia.

Zhou was buried in the cemetery of Rivalta in Reggio Emilia.

Featured Image via YouTube / Rai (Left), Facebook / HuiMazloum Kobani, Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) commander in chief, talks as he announces the destruction of Islamic State's control of land in eastern Syria, at al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019.

DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) formally announced the destruction of Islamic State’s control of land in eastern Syria on Saturday but said it would continue its military and security campaigns against jihadist sleeper cells.

At a televised ceremony, its general command called on the Syrian government, which has sworn to retake the whole country, to recognize the autonomous administration that runs areas the SDF controls in northeast Syria.

It also called on Turkey, which regards the SDF as a terrorist organization and has staged incursions into Syria against it,