The body of the man, identified as Benjamin John Braithwaite from Leeds, was spotted inside a tent set up near an old, empty farmhouse in the province of Syracuse, located between the towns of Noto and Canicattini Bagni. Italian police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a 35-year-old British man’s naked body in a rural area of Sicily, The Telegraph reported.
As per the report, a postmortem will be conducted next Tuesday, and the police have also interviewed the members of the off-grid settlement.
Police confirmed that while a drawing with mystical or symbolic imagery was found on a wall on the property, it was not near the area where the body was located. an attack or suicide, early reports from local Italian media pointed toward strange circumstances surrounding the scene While there’s no confirmation whether the death was caused by an accident. Several outlets noted that items such as a rope, drugs, and a goat’s head were found around at the scene, raising questions about whether the death might be connected to some ritual. However, law enforcement officials have since clarified details regarding the scene. Authorities added that there was no immediate evidence directly linking the man’s death to a ritual. As per The Telegraph, a postmortem will be conducted next Tuesday, and the police have also interviewed the members of the off-grid settlement. “The area where his body was found is in the countryside, where a group of young people live. It’s pretty rustic.”
“We will have to wait for the postmortem before we can establish the cause of death,” Lt Col Sara Pini, the officer in charge of the investigation, told The Telegraph.
