Was a woman decapitated in Scandicci, Italy, in June 2026? No, that's not true: The case is not that recent. Italian media widely reported that both the murder and the arrest of the suspect happened in February 2026.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X by @TaraBull on June 11, 2026. It opened:
🚨#BREAKING: A 44-year-old woman has been decapıtated by an African migrant📍Scandicci, Italy.
This is what the attached image looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: Post by @TaraBull on X.)
RAI (archived here), Italy's public broadcaster (archived here), reported that the body of Silke Sauer (archived here), a 44-year-old homeless German woman, was found in the town of Scandicci in the Florence Metropolitan area (archived here) on February 18, 2026. ANSA (archived here), a major news agency in Italy (archived here) covering the case, also named that date.
On the next day, February 19 (archived here), 30-year-old Issam Chlih of Moroccan origin, also homeless, was officially informed about being a suspect in the case while he was at a hospital following an earlier call (archived here) from a passerby reporting seeing him in an agitated state. A judge confirmed the suspect's pretrial detention.
