Italian volleyball player Julia Ituma, just 18 years old, was found dead yesterday after a match for her team, Igor Volley Novara, in Istanbul, which was counting towards the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League.
It happened this Thursday at dawn, after the match with the Turkish Eczacibasi, a team that won 3-0 and qualified for the final. Julia Ituma, one of the great prospects of Italian volleyball, fell from the window of the hotel room where she was staying with the team. However, Turkish authorities are still investigating why the volleyball player fell out of the window.
Born to Nigerian parents, Julia Ituma had been with the Novara City club since the start of the season.
In a publication on social networks, Igor Volley lamented the death of his player and revealed that “the Turkish police are investigating the reasons that led to this tragedy”.
Source: DN
