Overview
- Abanoub “Abu” Youssef, 19, died at Sant’Andrea hospital after being stabbed inside the Einaudi‑Chiodo vocational institute in La Spezia.
- The suspect told investigators he brought a large kitchen knife to school and denied intending to kill.
- Investigators say he cited jealousy over photos with a girl he knew as the motive for the assault.
- He is being held at San Andreino on a homicide accusation, with a custody hearing pending and his lawyer set to seek a psychiatric evaluation.
- Students held a silent procession in mourning, a prefecture meeting with the education minister was scheduled, and new youth knife attacks in Sora and Bastia Umbra intensified the school safety debate.