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San Lorenzo Attacks: 22-Year-Old Held Under Compulsory Care as Prosecutors Probe Multiple Assaults

Prosecutors are reviewing a growing list of alleged assaults with the suspect held under compulsory psychiatric treatment under police surveillance.

Overview

  • A surveillance video of a punch to a mother cycling with her 10-year-old son led to the suspect’s identification after the 44-year-old suffered orbital and nasal fractures and required maxillofacial surgery.
  • Carabinieri have sent a dossier to Rome prosecutors, who opened a case while the 22-year-old remains in the psychiatry ward at Policlinico Umberto I under a TSO and constant police watch.
  • Investigators are examining at least six alleged incidents attributed to the same man, including attacks on women, a 12-year-old girl and two municipal sanitation workers.
  • Municipal leaders say police and health services have reactivated coordination to secure longer-term psychiatric placement, with legal limits noted due to a revoked humanitarian permit and incompatibility with detention in the Ponte Galeria CPR.
  • In a separate case in the Prenestino/Pigneto area, a 54-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder after beating and stabbing his partner, who is hospitalized with multiple facial fractures and a 40-day prognosis.