Turin: Man arrested for assaulting 118 emergency workers.

The State Police arrested a 38-year-old Algerian citizen, seriously suspected of the crime of aggravated robbery against healthcare workers in the exercise of their dutiesThe episode occurred in recent days near the Einaudi Campus in Turin, where a Flying Squad of the Police Station “Barriera” Milano" intervened following the report of an assault on staff of the 118.

The ambulance was sent to the scene after a call from some passers-by who had reported the presence of a person in need of care. Once at the entrance to the Campus, the health workers have rescue the man, which was located in evident state of intoxication, providing the necessary first aid. Subsequently, they did sit in the ambulance to proceed to the hospital.

unexpectedly, the person rescued, who had been cooperative up until that point, has changed his attitude becoming agitated and aggressive. The man has threatened and attacked health workers, causing one of them a severe bruise on a fingerDuring the attack, the foreigner also took possession of a rescuer's sunglasses, then get out of the ambulance and try to walk away.

The immediate intervention of Police Station Flying Squad “Barriera” Milano", alerted by the 118 operations center, allowed to block the man promptly. The agents have secured the subject, recovered the stolen sunglasses e returned to the rightful owner.

At the end of the intervention, the 38-year-old arrested for robbery, with the contestation of the specific aggravating circumstance recently introduced by the legislator to ensure greater protection for the healthcare personnel in the performance of their duties. The Turin Public Prosecutor's Office requested and obtained the validation of the arrest.