An Italian nursing has, in a fit of rage strangled his girlfriend, who worked as a doctor. The excuse was ready: She has infected me with the coronavirus.

The 28-year-old Antonio De Pace called the police on Thursday and told that he had killed his partner, the 27-year-old Lorena Quaranta. It writes The Sun.

the Police moved immediately out, and they were met by a sad sight, when they arrived at the couple’s home: On the floor in the living room was Lorena Quaranta death, while Antonio, The Pace was a bit away with the cut-up wrists.

“I have killed her, because she has given me the coronavirus,” said The Pace investigators.

It didn’t take long for the police to find out, that both The Pace and his late friend, in fact, tested negative for coronasmitten. The prosecutors did not hesitate to call The Paces claim to be pure nonsense, writes the Italian news agency Adnkronos.

the Pair worked together at a hospital in Sicily. They fought the same pandemic, which so far has claimed the lives of more than 13,000 Italian life.

The Pace was taken to the same hospital, which led his colleagues to save him. It writes the New York Post.

In the days before the tragedy had Lorena Quaranta has been active on Facebook: ‘Now, more than ever, we need to show our responsibility and love for life. We must show respect for ourselves, our family and for the country,’ she wrote.

‘You need to think about – and remember them – who give their lives to look after our sick.’