Overview
- A passerby’s 112 call around 4 a.m. led officers to the scene near Piazza San Pancrazio in Florence’s historic center.
- The 35-year-old tourist from Panama was rescued and taken to Careggi hospital under the “codice rosa” protocol for sexual-violence cases.
- Two men were detained shortly after the attack and identified as a 26-year-old Egyptian and a 32-year-old Moroccan with prior police records.
- Authorities transferred the suspects to Sollicciano prison on suspicion of group sexual violence pending a custody validation hearing.
- Investigators are examining surveillance footage and gathering witness statements as they reconstruct the events under active judicial review.