Overview
- Police and media identified Vincenzo Lanni, previously convicted for a 2016 stabbing and later deemed no longer socially dangerous, as the suspect in the new Milan attack.
- Italy has roughly 30 REMS facilities with about 680 places, yet more than 700 people are waiting for admission, creating prolonged holds in prisons or hospitals.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi proposed reconsidering a ‘third way’ that gives greater weight to containment for public safety, drawing immediate pushback from critics.
- Regional welfare chief Guido Bertolaso called for clearer rules, more staff and better pay for REMS operators, while psychiatrist Carlo Fraticelli warned SPDC wards are being used for long, inappropriate stays that mix offenders, minors and acutely ill patients.
- Educators from the 4Exodus community had flagged concerning behavior and sought specialist care before a planned departure in which Lanni left mid-journey, as Il Fatto Quotidiano argued the core issue is chronic underinvestment in community mental health.