Milano: Voluntary homicide, arson and attempted extortion, the two instigators stopped and 26-year-old arrested

The Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Milano, with the collaboration of the Dutch police authority activated through the international cooperation channels Eurojust and Europol, they performed in the Netherlands a European Arrest Warrant, issued by the investigating judge of Milano at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, which internationalizes a custodial order against a 26-year-old Dutchman, resident in Middelburg (Netherlands), held responsible for the crimes of voluntary homicide, arson and attempted extortion.

simultaneously, the arrest warrant of a suspect in a crime has been executed, issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office Milano against two Chinese citizens aged 34 and 40, currently resident in Milano, since they were considered the instigators of the extortion demand and the arson, as well as those who provided support to the perpetrator in the phases preceding and following the criminal episode.

The measure arises from a complex investigation conducted by the Investigative Unit of Milano following the arson attack, which occurred on the evening of September 12, 2024, of an industrial warehouse in which three young Chinese citizens died of suffocation. They were sleeping inside the warehouse and were unable to escape, caught in the flames.

In a short time, thanks to a significant technical effort and through fruitful international cooperation, vThe perpetrator was identified as a 26-year-old Dutchman who, after having made several extortion requests in the preceding hours against a Chinese entrepreneur resident in Milano and operating in the wholesale trade of designer furniture, he set fire to the warehouse and immediately fled.

Further investigative insights they also allowed the two instigators of the crime to be identified and the motive to be reconstructed, which can be traced back to the failure to pay - by the owner of the warehouse that caught fire - for some construction work carried out on his behalf by the company of one of the two accomplices, for the amount of approximately 40.000 euros.

During the house searches of the suspects, 1,3 kg of Shaboo, approximately 1000 Extasy pills bearing the symbols of the “gecko” and “bitcoin”, scales and various materials for packaging the drug, the sum of approximately 45.000 euros in cash, as well as clothing and material relating to the crimes being prosecuted were found and seized.