Overview
- A 29-year-old man grabbed two children in a Brescia park, reportedly attempting to strangle a three-year-old while families were present, and was stopped by a passerby who restrained him until police arrived.
- Officers arrested the suspect and charged him with aggravated personal injury and resistance and violence against public officials; he has been placed under house arrest pending judicial proceedings.
- Police preliminary checks reported the man was in an altered state with alcohol and drug use, has psychiatric problems, and holds prior drug-related convictions, though formal medical and judicial assessments are pending.
- Questore Paolo Sartori has ordered the revocation of the suspect’s residence permit as an administrative step toward expulsion, a process that still requires coordination with judicial authorities and the Interior Ministry.
- Local leaders, including Brescia’s mayor and Lombardy’s president, condemned the attack and called for stronger public-safety responses, while officials said the two children did not suffer injuries requiring days of medical prognosis.