Overview
- The assault took place on via Castions di Strada in Udine on Friday and the victim, a 61-year-old man of Moroccan origin, was struck multiple times in the chest with a screwdriver.
- Sores Fvg dispatched an ambulance and an auto medica and responders transported the man to the emergency room in critical condition, but he died while en route to the hospital.
- Local Carabinieri opened a homicide investigation to reconstruct the sequence of events and to identify and locate the attacker.
- Investigators are following a limited, unconfirmed lead that the suspected attacker may be the ex-partner of the victim’s sister and possibly also a foreign national.
- Details remain preliminary and fluid, with early reporting errors about the victim’s identity highlighting the need for official forensic findings or a police statement to confirm motive and suspect identity.