Overview

• Juvenile prosecutors are investigating under the hypothesis of instigation or aid to suicide and have ordered the seizure of students’ phones and Paolo’s devices for analysis.
• Paolo’s parents gave investigators the names of alleged bullies, prompting the extraction of chats and call records to verify years of reported harassment.
• A class WhatsApp exchange from the night before shows Paolo asking to sit in the front row, with no obvious conflict detected in that conversation.
• The Lazio regional school office has launched inspections of the schools Paolo attended, with attention from Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, and teachers’ responses are under review.
• Local authorities have arranged psychological support in schools and a candlelight vigil is scheduled for Saturday evening, as students report fear and many families avoid school buses.