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Judge Orders Pretrial Detention in Milan Stabbing, Citing Premeditation and Public Danger

He told the judge he set out to strike a symbol of the financial sector after being removed from a recovery community.

Overview

  • Examining magistrate Rossana Mongiardo validated the arrest and kept Vincenzo Lanni, 59, in custody on suspicion of attempted murder of Anna Laura Valsecchi, 43.
  • The 20-page order says Lanni formed a homicidal intent about five days earlier, obtained a knife, and conducted reconnaissance of Piazza Gae Aulenti before the attack.
  • In his interrogation, Lanni said he wanted to target the financial world—preferably someone from Unicredit—as an act of revenge tied to grievances from a decade ago.
  • Court records cite prior convictions for two similar attempted homicides in 2015 and describe him as affected by partial mental infirmity.
  • Investigators report he chose the victim at random after traveling to Milan from a Varese recovery community; the probe led by the prosecutor and Carabinieri continues amid a stated concrete risk of repeat violence.