Overview
- Police detained Marin Jelenik, a 36-year-old Croatian without fixed residence, near Desenzano del Garda station and confirmed his identity through fingerprint comparison.
- Station surveillance footage shows the victim, Trenitalia conductor Alessandro Ambrosio, being followed for a prolonged period before he was fatally stabbed in a restricted employees’ area.
- After the attack, the suspect boarded a regional train toward Milan, was removed and identified at Fiorenzuola before any alert had been issued, then stayed overnight near Niguarda and traveled by bus to Desenzano.
- Bologna prosecutors have contested aggravating circumstances, including abject motives and the station setting, and investigators seized two knives for forensic checks as the autopsy and remand hearing await.
- Railway unions staged an eight-hour regional strike and a station vigil, pressing for stronger protections for rail workers following the killing.