Overview
- Police traced the suspect after a woman said she recognized her twin brother in the circulated video, then used cellphone positioning to locate him.
- Carabinieri arrested the man in a hotel near Milan’s Central Station, and prosecutors are verifying that he is the attacker seen on camera.
- Anna Laura Valsecchi, a 43-year-old Finlombarda director, underwent surgery at Niguarda Hospital and remains in serious condition.
- Surveillance footage shows a five-second assault in which the assailant stabbed her from behind and walked away; the images were released with the Milan prosecutor’s authorization.
- Investigators say no motive has been established, with a random attack considered possible and work-related reasons not excluded, while reports describe the detainee as a 59-year-old from Bergamo recently expelled from a recovery community and possibly linked to a 2015 episode.