Overview
- The attack happened inside a middle school gym bathroom in Castelfranco di Sotto, where a girl allegedly lured a classmate and struck her in the neck with scissors.
- The injured student received care at a hospital and her condition is reported as not serious.
- The other 12-year-old is at a Carabinieri station with her parents as investigators work to reconstruct what happened and have not established a motive.
- Italian law deems children under 14 not criminally imputable, so authorities will notify the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office and bring in social services to assess the situation.
- A Save the Children report cited by local media notes a rise in minors reported for carrying weapons or dangerous objects, from 778 cases in 2019 to 1,946 in 2024, with 1,096 in the first half of 2025, adding context to recent school violence cases such as the March 25 stabbing of a teacher in Trescore Balneario.