Overview

• A 46-year-old Moroccan woman was fatally stabbed on the night of August 7 in a side street near her home in Foggia’s historic center.
• The 47-year-old ex-partner fled the scene and was arrested about 12 hours later in Rome near Termini station while still wearing blood-stained clothes.
• Authorities had issued a restraining order with an electronic bracelet in July, but the device remained inactive due to technical issues.
• A July order for his preventive detention was never executed because officers could not locate him.
• He remains in custody awaiting premeditated murder charges as local officials and anti-violence groups demand urgent reforms to Italy’s “codice rosso” enforcement.