They surrounded him and beat him with fists, kicks and glass bottles. Then they stole his phone and ran away. It happened at dawn on Saturday in Piazza Venticinque Aprile. A 20-year-old young man was in the center of Milan with four other friends when he was approached by a group of 8-10 boys who started a fight. At first everyone was involved in the beating, then the 20-year-old was targeted.
Kicks, punches and, as reported by police officers, even glass bottles used as weapons. On the ground, helpless, the young man whose phone was stolen. The neighbors heard and saw everything and immediately alerted the police. The 118 operators and the police arrived on the scene, but in the meantime the gang had disappeared and fled in different directions.
The 20-year-old was treated at the scene. He suffered a fractured nasal septum and other injuries, but refused to be taken to the emergency room. According to what a witness said, the two groups started chasing each other in the middle of the road “putting passing cars at risk”, he says.
