Overview

• Carabinieri from the Prati and San Pietro stations have acquired security footage from Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and nearby government buildings to identify the attackers.
• Investigators say there were no prior contacts between the victim and the group and have indicated a clear homophobic motive.
• Alessandro Ansaldo, 25, was surrounded and beaten by about ten young men who used slurs, spat on him, and destroyed his fan after he left a LUISS party near Piazza Venezia on September 13.
• He was taken to Santo Spirito hospital with cranio-facial trauma, a fractured nose, and rib contusions, with a medical prognosis of at least 20 days.
• The victim and his mother are urging witnesses to come forward with recordings, as advocacy groups report several other anti-LGBTQ attacks in Rome in the past week.