Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Two Nighttime Beatings Near Rome’s Termini Leave Official Critical as Police Detain Suspects

Investigators are reviewing footage indicating 7–8 assailants, with the motive still unclear.

Overview

  • A 57-year-old official at the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy is intubated in intensive care at Policlinico Umberto I.
  • A 23-year-old rider of Tunisian origin was beaten about an hour later in via Manin and was hospitalized.
  • Police detained two suspects over the assault on the official, a 20-year-old Tunisian and an 18-year-old Egyptian previously served with an expulsion order.
  • Officers brought 16 people to the immigration office for checks, and arrested a 46-year-old from Mauritius on an existing incarceration order and a 43-year-old Peruvian for allegedly damaging a police car.
  • Video under review appears to show a group of 7–8 attackers, further identifications are underway, and a connection between the two assaults has not been ruled out.