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Police Launch Manhunt After Fatal Knife Fight in Rovigo

Local leaders have convened a public order committee to review security protocols in response to the deadly incident.

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Overview

  • Rival groups of Tunisian and Pakistani youths clashed with knives and broken bottles shortly before midnight on July 19 in the Giardinetti behind the Two Towers on Corso del Popolo.
  • Twenty-three-year-old Amine Gara died from stab wounds and another man in his thirties remains in critical condition at Rovigo’s hospital.
  • Perpetrators slipped into the crowd after the under-20 rugby final and are being pursued by the Squadra Mobile, Volanti patrols, and Carabinieri.
  • Forensic teams have conducted a thorough sweep of the scene but have yet to recover the weapons used in the attack.
  • Prefettura officials, including Questore Vomiero and Prefetto Tancredi, are assessing enhanced measures to curb the surge in youth violence.