Overview
- Police say the man grabbed a 1.5-year-old by the legs at an Esselunga in Bergamo around 1 p.m. on February 14 as the family was leaving.
- The mother resisted as the father, shoppers, and store security restrained the assailant until officers arrived.
- Officers secured the child and brought the suspect to the Bergamo police headquarters for arrest processing.
- Hospital examinations found a femur fracture in the child attributed to force used during the struggle.
- Investigators cite CCTV footage and multiple witnesses in reconstructing events, and identify the suspect as a 37-year-old Romanian without a fixed residence or prior record.