Tefta Malaj arrives in a wheelchair at her daughter Jessica's funeral

2023-05-15 21:29:02Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Tefta Malaj arrives in a wheelchair at her daughter Jessica's funeral
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Tefta Malaj, the mother of Jessica, the 16-year-old stabbed to death by her father Taulant Malaj on the night between May 6 and 7, left for a few hours in the morning from the general surgery department of the Foggia Polyclinic to follow her. burial of the girl in the church of Jesus the Divine Worker in Torremaggiore (Foggia).

The wounded woman, but survived the blows of her husband, who also killed a neighbor, arrived at the church pushed in a wheelchair and surrounded by family members.

"The love for your mother pushed you to protect yourself with your body and like Jesus you gave your life for her, out of love."

Don Renato Borrelli, parish priest of the church of the Divine Workers of Torremaggiore (Foggia), said this in his homily. The mother survived thanks to the intervention of her daughter who tried to protect her. The parish priest addressed the young victim, calling her "Dear little heroine, how much you resemble Jesus in that gesture of yours." Then Don Borrelli added: "Today you are and you will always be in Heaven." Your youth has now blossomed forever in heaven."

At the funeral there are also students from the classical and scientific high schools of Torremaggiore (Foggia). The young woman attended classical high school. "She was a sunny girl, always smiling - friends tell us - we met in the school corridors and she was always happy." Then two little girls hug each other: “Jessica had so many dreams, she was happy when we met in the pine forest in the evening. And now her father has taken away the joy" of life.

"Those long fingernails you've always kept, you pulled them out to protect your dear mother." It is one of the heartbreaking passages of a letter read at the end of the funeral service by one of Jessica's best friends. "Your resounding laugh that is infectious is missing", remember the classmates of class 3A of the classical gymnasium. "In our class - says a classmate - the sun has never failed, even in a storm. But now silence reigns." The exit of the coffin from the church was accompanied by long applause and the release of red and white balloons and the writing Jessica, while mother Tefta caressed the white coffin of her daughter.

At the end of the funeral, a small procession made up of students and friends of the 16-year-old accompanied the coffin in front of the Fiani-Leccisotti high school where the young victim also followed. In front of the gates, a banner recalls the cheerful character of the girl: "Jessica teaches angels to cause". "To cause means - some students explain - to celebrate. Jessica was like that, she always wanted to party and have fun."

Last Saturday, again in Torremaggiore, the funeral of the neighbor, Massimo De Santis, the bartender stabbed to death by a Malay, who then went on a rampage against his wife and daughter, injuring the first and killing the second, has already been celebrated , has already been celebrated in an effort to protect his own. mother.

Meanwhile, in view of her resignation from the hospital, the lawyer assisting the woman, Michele Sodrio, has submitted a request for assistance in changing the address to the mayor of Torremaggiore (Foggia) Emilio di Pumpo. In fact, it seems that Tefta does not want to return to live in the house where the slaughter took place.


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