Overview
- Giovanni Bernabucci, 52, known in Lazio supporter circles as “la iena,” was fatally stabbed inside his apartment on Strada Santa Barbara in Viterbo’s Santa Lucia district.
- An initial reconstruction describes a furious hand-to-hand fight inside the home that escalated into multiple stab wounds.
- A longtime friend and neighbor, also a Lazio supporter, was detained immediately at the scene and is now under judicial scrutiny.
- Investigative teams from the squadra mobile and Rome’s polizia scientifica processed the apartment, as the medical examiner conducted first examinations under the coordination of prosecutor Mario Palazzi and pm Veronica Buonocore.
- The building area was secured for hours for evidence collection and witness interviews, and the killing quickly reached family and organized fan circles, prompting visible grief outside the residence.