Overview

• Italy’s Siracusa prosecutors opened an investigation for attempted murder against unknown persons and tasked forensic police with inspections on Ocean Viking to fix the facts and location for jurisdiction.
• The European Commission said it has contacted Libyan authorities to clarify the incident and emphasized it is for them to urgently establish what happened, declining to discuss potential consequences.
• SOS Méditerranée released photos and video showing bullet holes at head height, shattered bridge windows, destroyed antennas, and damaged rescue RHIBs, with no injuries reported among the 87 people on board.
• Journalistic analysis indicates the patrol boat that fired was likely an Italian-donated Corrubia-class unit, a link corroborated by checks cited by JLProject.
• Separately, Mediterranea’s vessel was placed under administrative detention in Trapani for disobeying a Genoa port assignment, facing a fine up to €10,000 as the government reasserts enforcement and opposition figures urge suspending the Libya memorandum.