Overview

• Four children aged 11 to 13 were arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to assist after a stolen Citroën struck 71-year-old pedestrian Cecilia De Astis in Milan’s Gratosoglio district on August 11.
• Prosecutor Enrico Pavone has opened a formal case and investigators have conducted home searches while collecting forensic evidence to clarify each suspect’s role in the crash.
• Italian law bars criminal prosecution for under-14s, so the juvenile prosecutor’s office will oversee proceedings and determine appropriate protective or administrative measures.
• The Citroën involved, reported stolen the night before by a 20-year-old visitor from Strasbourg, carried French plates and skidded into a curb before striking the victim and a road sign.
• The four minors were found at an unauthorized Roma camp on Via Selvanesco, prompting political leaders to renew calls for the settlement’s clearance despite limits on penal action for juvenile suspects.