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Student Confesses in La Spezia School Killing as Prosecutors Weigh Premeditation

Education authorities dispatched inspectors to the institute following the fatal attack.

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.