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55-Year-Old Stabbed Outside Milan Bar After Apparent Random Attack

Prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old with attempted murder while investigators probe motive, review mental‑health records, contact the suspect’s family, prepare a formal validation request for the arrest.

Overview

  • A man in his mid‑50s was attacked outside the Bar La Giada in San Siro and suffered about twenty stab wounds to his back and abdomen; he was taken in critical condition to Ospedale Niguarda with reported liver damage and a collapsed lung.
  • The assault occurred in the early morning and, according to multiple accounts, the victim and assailant did not know each other, with no apparent provocation identified so far.
  • Bystanders and bar customers disarmed and restrained the attacker until Polizia di Stato arrived, with a 38‑year‑old passerby named as one of those who subdued him.
  • Police identified the suspect as 22‑year‑old Lamin Saidilly, seized a knife with an approximately 7 cm blade, found motivational or incoherent notes in his wallet, and noted he lived about ten years in the UK and had been away from home for roughly a week.
  • The public prosecutor Elio Ramondini is coordinating inquiries into motive and possible psychiatric issues and will seek formal convalidation of the arrest as the victim remains in a reserved, critical condition.