Genoa, man stabs at bar after argument: 20-year-old arrested

Saturday 18 May at 16pm in Piazza Ponchielli, The State Police of Genoa arrested a 20 year old, currently under probation, for attempted aggravated murder.

The intervention of the police officers of the General Prevention and Public Rescue Office (UPG and SP) and del Sestri police station It was triggered following the report of a violent argument occurred inside a bar of Pegli, which then degenerated into a stabbing.

The policemen they arrived on site in a few moments and they found the victim of the attack, a 33 year old from Genoa, sitting on a chair with all his clothes stained with blood and a flashy one stab wound on forehead, side and back. After providing first aid while awaiting the arrival of medical personnel, the officers tried to reconstruct what had happened and, thanks to the statements of those present, they learned that the perpetrator of the attack, a 20 year old known in the area, he had moved away, presumably finding refuge in his home.

Indeed it was exactly the young man to open to the police who knocked on his door and, without resisting, allowed them to proceed with the inspection. In pocket a was found bunch of keys stained with blood, in the bathroom a shirt also stained with blood and inside the kitchen sink the knife presumably used in the attack.

Regarding the dynamics of the event, all the testimonies agree that i two would have initially had a verbal argument for trivial reasons, following which the 20-year-old would have thrown a coffee cup at the other, and then exit the roomreturn after 5 minutes brandishing a knife and hitting him with numerous blows.

The young man was arrested and associated with the Marassi prison at the disposal of the Judicial Authority.