Overview
- The 50-year-old from San Lazzaro di Savena allegedly tried to strangle his minor son before igniting the family home.
- One of the two household dogs intervened during the assault, enabling the child to escape and call 112.
- The man surrendered overnight at a Carabinieri station, admitted responsibility, and was jailed on charges of aggravated attempted murder and arson.
- Responding officers found the residence almost fully engulfed as 118 crews had already transported the boy to a nearby hospital.
- The Bologna prosecutor was notified, investigators took the child's statement in the emergency room, and the two dogs were placed in a kennel.