According to the website of the Turkish newspaper Hurryet, the Italian volleyball player Julia Ituma, found dead in Istanbul, would have committed suicide.
"It was learned that Julia Ituma committed suicide by jumping from a room on the sixth floor of the hotel," writes the site, noting that "while the investigation into the incident is ongoing, the camera recordings revealed" that the eighteen-year-old girl " she committed suicide in the night".
Ituma who shared her room with her, "Julia Varela, didn't hear anything because she was sleeping and was woken up by the police."
The body was found around 5.30 in front of the hotel.
Julia Ituma, the prowess on the field of the Italian volleyball player
Ituma volleyball player from Novara's Igor Gorgonzola was in Turkey with his teammates where he had played in the second leg of the quarter-finals in the Champions League.
The volleyball player, who played in the opposite role, took to the field last night in Novara's 3-0 loss against Eczacibasi Istanbul.
The young woman was in her first season with the Novara team after leaving Club Italia.
She was born in Milan to Nigerian parents.
In her palmares she boasted several titles with the blue youth team, including the under 20 world gold in 2021, and the European one with the under 19 in 2022 and gold again at the youth Olympics.
