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Milan Stabbing Suspect Admits Revenge Motive as Judge Confirms Custody

Investigators say he chose a random target in the city’s business district after being expelled from a recovery community.

Overview

  • Vincenzo Lanni, 59, is accused of attempted murder for stabbing a woman in the back in Piazza Gae Aulenti and has been arrested.
  • During his jail interrogation, Lanni said he wanted to strike at the financial world and would have preferred to act under Unicredit’s offices.
  • GIP Rossana Mongiardo validated the arrest and ordered continued detention, citing a concrete and current risk that he could offend again.
  • Judicial documents describe Lanni as affected by partial mental infirmity and note prior assaults in the Bergamo area after losing his programming job.
  • Lanni told the judge he traveled to Milan for revenge after being removed from a Varese recovery community where he had lived since 2015.