The suspect, of Turkish origin, was arrested at the Resia Pass after a carabinieri police officer shot at the wheels of his Ford Fiesta to stop him from escaping.
He is suspected of murdering Celine Frei Matzohl, 21, who was found dead in his apartment in Silandro earlier in the day.
She had reportedly been stabbed several times in different parts of her body.
Matzohl, from Corces in Val Venosta, worked in a hotel in Silandro and had also worked for the local agricultural consortium in the past.
She was said to be well known in the area.
“We are in shock, we still can't believe what has happened,” Silandro Mayor Dieter Pinggera told ANSA.
“I think this is the first time something like this has happened in our community,” he continued.
“I personally have no recollection in my whole life of there having been a murder,” the mayor concluded.
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