Overview

• The 17-year-old arrived at the Vittoria police station by car with a friend and was reported in good health.
• Police and Carabinieri are interviewing the teen and witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage to reconstruct the events.
• Accounts diverge on the perpetrators, with reports ranging from two masked men to a four-man commando and uncertainty about weapons.
• The abductors reportedly took the victim’s phone and left it on the ground, apparently to avoid digital tracing.
• The Ragusa prosecutor is leading the inquiry as authorities apply precautionary measures, the mayor seeks more policing, and family-linked leads are examined without a confirmed ransom motive.