Bolzano: State Police arrests foreigner with multiple convictions, whoIn a rage, he undresses and attacks passers-by

Last weekend, on Friday afternoon 31st January, to the Operations Centre of the Police Headquarters, via the emergency number “112 NUE" have arrived numerous reports from citizens regarding the presence of a man who, in via Alto Adige, was in a state of strong agitation probably due to thealcohol and drug abuse, It was stripped naked in the street and was throwing objects of various kinds at passers-by.

A patrol from the Flying Squad was immediately sent to the scene. State Police, who quickly managed to intercept the subject as he attempted to quickly move away in the direction of Via Trento.

After reaching him, the Policemen, considering the serious state of psycho-physical alteration of the subject they immediately tried to put him in a position where he cannot do harm. Man, however, he showed no sign of calming down at all.

The agents, in an attempt to stop him, found themselves faced with a violent reaction: in fact, this person has started to offer physical resistance by pushing, kicking and spitting, to then launch a punch to one of the policemen.

Furthermore, while trying to contain the individual, the Agents noticed that the subject was trying to extract a pocket knife of the trousers, but was immediately disarmed.

Despite the difficulties, the man was eventually immobilized and made to get on board the company car, but continued to put up strong resistance: during the journey towards the Police Headquarters, this one has launched kicks against the rear windows of the vehicle, managing to break one and from fold the other one outwards.

In the offices of Largo Palatucci the subject was identified for this KO, 26 year old Gambian citizen with no fixed abode, guest of a “COLD EMERGENCY CENTER"Ed irregular on the national territory, already burdened by numerous criminal and/or police records for crimes of various nature and gravity, such as damage, illegal possession of weapons or objects capable of causing offence, drug dealing, threats, personal injury, resisting a public official and invasion of land and buildings.

Furthermore, it was found to be in breach of theOrder of the Quaestor to leave the national territory issued on January 14th.

For the serious facts committed, at the end of the acts of Judicial Police KO was declared under arrest for resisting and violence against Public Official, as well as for aggravated voluntary damage, reported to the Prosecutor's Office for obscene acts in a public place, threats and carrying of weapons or objects capable of offending and, therefore, associated with the Bolzano District Prison.

Il Police Chief of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano Paolo Sartori, therefore, in consideration of what was ascertained by the State Police Agents, of the proven dangerousness demonstrated several times by the individual and of his irregular position in our country, has issued a Expulsion Decree from the National Territory, with contextual Order of accompaniment and detention at the “Corelli” Repatriation Detention Centre in Milano, where the foreign citizen was escorted already on the evening of Saturday 1 February by the Agents of the Immigration Office of the Police Headquarters, and where he will wait to be as soon as possible repatriated to Gambia.

"It is unacceptable and unjustifiable that an individual, who arrived in our country clandestinely, instead of integrating and respecting its laws, should engage in violent, persecutory and harassing behavior, moreover violently attacking State Police Agents. – highlighted the Police Commissioner Sartori.

The terror created in various areas of the city by this individual has created many problems for public order and the safety of citizens, who, thanks to their timely requests for help, have been able to identify him, arrest him and expel him from our country.".