Overview
- Violent clashes before the Torino–Juventus derby on 24 May left 36‑year‑old Marco Leonardo Basoccu gravely injured when investigators say a tear‑gas canister hit his head.
- The Procura di Torino and the Squadra Mobile used public and private CCTV, Digos drone footage and multiple testimonies to identify a V Reparto Mobile officer as the person who fired the device.
- Forensic reconstruction by investigators concluded the steel casing of the canister did not deploy and struck Basoccu because it was fired at close range on a near‑horizontal trajectory.
- On 3 July the officer underwent a preventive interrogation before the judge for preliminary investigations and on 4 July prosecutors formally asked the judge to place him under house arrest for aggravated injuries; the judge’s decision is expected in the coming days.
- Basoccu was discharged from Molinette hospital on 9 June but remains medically affected and faces further surgery, while his family says he was not part of the violent group and calls the identification a step toward accountability.