Overview

• An appellate court in Bologna reserved its decision after lengthy hearings, keeping the 49-year-old suspect in pre-trial detention.
• The Ukrainian national, identified as Serhij K., was arrested near Rimini in late August on a European arrest warrant.
• Germany’s federal prosecutor has filed charges of jointly causing an explosive explosion and anti-constitutional sabotage and intends to try him in Germany if transferred.
• Hamburg is expected to have jurisdiction because the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court handles state-security cases linked to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• Investigators point to a seven-person team that used the yacht Andromeda, citing explosive residue, fingerprints, DNA, and a taxi caught by a speed camera as key leads.