Overview
- All five suspects — two 18-year-olds and three 17-year-olds — were questioned, with the alleged stabber saying he "couldn't see straight" and carried a knife because he had been attacked before, while the other adult claimed he acted only as a lookout and believed it was just a scuffle.
- Defense lawyers for the two adults asked for house arrest instead of jail, and the judge is expected to decide in the coming days after the prosecutor's input.
- Prosecutors have charged all five with attempted murder, with four facing the aggravating factor of moral concurrence for allegedly reinforcing the stabber's intent, and the minors accused of repeated kicks and punches as the victim lay on the ground.
- Court filings cite camera footage and ambient intercepts in which the youths allegedly laughed about the victim’s paralysis, wished for his death, and discussed striking again with disguises to avoid identification.
- The 22-year-old Bocconi student remains in intensive care with potentially permanent injuries, and his parents condemned the attack as cowardly and the defendants’ explanations as banal and instrumental.