Overview
- Police in Taranto detained a 22-year-old man, bringing to six the people under investigation for homicide aggravated by trivial motives.
- Judges scheduled interrogations for the 20-year-old suspect, Fabio Sale, today in ordinary court, with four minors to appear before a juvenile judge tomorrow.
- The victim, Sako Bakari, 35, a Malian agricultural worker, died from three stab wounds in Piazza Fontana in Taranto’s old town.
- Investigation records had flagged a sixth person at a bar who allegedly punched Bakari during the beating, and a girl is reported as a witness but is not under investigation.
- The latest detention was ordered by chief prosecutor Eugenia Pontassuglia and deputy prosecutor Paola Ranieri as police pursue an alleged youth “baby gang” that includes minors and young adults.