Overview

• The victim is a 62-year-old Liceo Brocchi math teacher who was stabbed after refusing to give a cigarette on viale XI Febbraio.
• Surgeons at Vicenza’s San Bortolo hospital removed two ceramic blade fragments that had lodged near the aorta and spinal cord.
• The teacher was first taken to San Bassiano and then transferred for a delicate operation, with doctors describing his condition as serious.
• Carabinieri detained the suspect at Bassano’s rail station as he attempted to board a train, after reviewing local CCTV and coordinating with police.
• Authorities said the detainee has serious psychiatric problems, and he is being questioned as part of the ongoing investigation.