Overview
- Police executed a custody order for acts of persecution against Said Alì, 24, known online as Don Alì, with aggravated defamation also reported by some outlets.
- Officers found him hiding in the cellars of a building in Turin’s Barriera di Milano and arrested him after a brief foot chase on Friday night.
- Prosecutors say he and two associates surrounded and threatened an elementary-school teacher outside a school as the teacher collected his three-year-old daughter, filming and posting the confrontation.
- Two alleged accomplices, ages 24 and 27, were placed under an obligation to sign with police in connection with the same episode.
- Investigators have linked him to a November 11 attack on a Rete 4 TV crew’s car in Turin, allegedly carried out with a spiked bat, and inquiries continue.