Overview

• The security guard is recovering after a codice giallo hospitalization, reporting head and eye injuries but no life‑threatening condition.
• According to his statement to investigators, the attackers were young men from North Africa who struck repeatedly to the head and face.
• Police have identified one adult suspect of Maghreb origin using surveillance and phone videos, locating him outside Brescia along with an unidentified accomplice.
• The assault followed the guard’s intervention over a suspected theft inside a central-city supermarket, with the group fleeing before officers arrived.
• Authorities are reviewing all available recordings to confirm whether knives were involved, as local political debate over urban security intensifies.