22-Year-Old Ivorian Arrested for Attempted Murder and Robbery in Taranto

The State Police has 22 year old arrested, originally from the Ivory Coast because he was presumed responsible for the crime of attempted murder and robbery. Following the report received by 112, the Flying Squad crews intervened at a building in Via Leonida where in the entrance hall of the building they found a person in a state of psychophysical alteration with numerous cut wounds and abundant blood loss. The man, a 39-year-old from Taranto, was transported to the Emergency Room of the SS. Annunziata Hospital in Taranto.

During the inspection carried out by the Flying Squad and the Scientific Police of the Police Headquarters, The police found copious traces of blood in the entrance hall of the building and on the pavement in front, just as the apartment of the alleged victim had been ransacked with clear signs of a struggle. (vases and broken furniture on the floor) and other abundant traces of blood. Thanks to the report received from the Police Station staff at the SS. Annunziata Hospital, the Flying Squad police officers learned of the arrival at the Emergency Room of a non-EU citizen with evident cutting wounds to his lower limbs.

The technical and judicial police activity carried out immediately by the investigators led to the seizure, against the alleged aggressor, of two large kitchen knives and three cell phones. The reasons for the fight between the subjects involved are being examined by investigators under the coordination of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Taranto. The documents were forwarded to the competent Judicial Authority, the Ivorian was arrested and taken to the Taranto prison.