The Italian man who was stabbed to death by a Moroccan national in Turin./Ph. DR

An Italian-Moroccan national has admitted that he killed Stefano Leo, an Italian young man who was found stabbed to death near the River Po in Turin in February, prosecutors said on Monday.

According to the Italian press agency ANSA, the 27-year-old suspect said he murdered the man for «the sole reason that he wanted to kill someone».

«I chose to kill that young man because he looked happy. And I couldn’t stand his happiness», the suspect, identified as Said M., told prosecutors.

Quoting the man, prosecutors said that he «wanted to kill a lad like [him], to take away all his prospects, his children, his friends and relatives», the same source said.

The suspect said he was depressed after his wife left him. «The worst thing was knowing that my four-year-old boy was calling a friend of my ex-partner daddy», he told prosecutors.