in World News Maine: ‘Somali, Congolese’ Teens Allegedly Killed Man by ‘Striking His Head With A Brick,’ ‘Stomping’ On Him
Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Charges have finally been filed in the brutal murder of Donald Giusti last year in Lewiston, Maine, a once quiet town which has since become a hotbed for gang violence after nearly two decades of refugee resettlement.
Somalis began migrating to Maine in the early 2000’s due to the “low crime rates and good educational opportunities.”
From Sun Journal, “Police: Teen charged with manslaughter says he threw rock during fatal fight”:
A local teen who told police he threw a rock into a crowd during a fight last summer that struck the head of a man who later died denied a manslaughter charge Thursday.
Emmanuel Knurunziza, 18, appeared in 8th District Court after he was arrested as a juvenile earlier in the day by Maine State Police in Limestone. He was 17 years old at the time of the fight. The felony is punishable in adult court by up to 30 years in prison.
In addition to Knurunziza, a 13-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man, both of Lewiston, were arrested early Thursday in downtown Lewiston in the June 2018 beating death of Donald G. Giusti near Kennedy Park. The two were charged with misdemeanor assault. The teens were taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.
Giusti, 38, died June 15 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, three days after he was beaten on Knox Street.
A medical examiner determined the cause of death to be blunt-force trauma that included two “significant areas” of trauma to Giusti’s head and brain. Deputy Medical Examiner Lisa Funte also noticed a “patterned injury” on Giusti’s left shoulder, a broken clavicle and a fracture to one of his left rear ribs, according to the autopsy report.
Read the actual police report if you want the real scoop:
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