Overview
- Three masked intruders broke into a villa in Motta San Damiano during the night of March 13–14 and attacked the resident.
- The homeowner, identified by Corriere della Sera as Walter Piacentini, reported the assailants carried knives and an axe.
- The gang cut open a wall safe with a flex tool, found it empty, took about €100 from a wallet, and locked the victim in a bathroom.
- The victim escaped through a small bathroom window to alert a neighbor and was treated for injuries described as not serious.
- Police from the Pavia mobile squad and volante are collecting forensic evidence under commissioner Andrea Lenoci, reviewing CCTV and seeking the vehicle used in the escape, with no arrests reported.