Overview

• Gianpaolo Demartis, 57, died in an ambulance after being tasered during a Carabinieri intervention in Olbia responding to reports of assaults.
• In Sant’Olcese near Genoa, Elton Bani, 41, was struck by three taser discharges and died shortly after; the Genoa prosecutor opened a culpable homicide file and registered four carabinieri as under investigation.
• In the Olbia case, two carabinieri—the patrol leader and the officer who deployed the device—are under investigation for manslaughter in a procedural step enabling an autopsy scheduled for Thursday.
• Investigators have not determined whether the shocks, underlying health issues or intoxicants caused the fatalities, with Demartis’s family reporting a preexisting heart condition.
• The twin cases have renewed scrutiny of taser rules, with Matteo Salvini and police unions defending the tool as necessary and Avs and rights officials urging a halt or review.