Italy reopens probe into 1975 murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini

Rome prosecutors open new case 51 years after the Pasolini's murder, amid fresh evidence suggesting he was not killed by one person alone. Rome prosecutors have opened a new investigation into the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most contested killings in modern Italian history, on the 51st anniversary of his death. The Italian poet, novelist and film director was found dead at the Idroscalo in Ostia, on the coast outside Rome, in the early hours of 2 November 1975. He was 53. His body bore signs of a violent assault and his own car had been used to run him over. The case has been…