The theft of an electric scooter resulted in a brutal attack against a 23-year-old from Albengawho is still hospitalized with a reserved prognosis at the Pietra Ligure hospital.
The serious episode occurred around 4 am last Sunday between via Piave and via Constitution in Albenga, when one of the members of a group of four young weekend tourists from Piedmont – boys between 18 and 20 years old, three of whom were of foreign origin -, after a brief exchange of words with two boys from Albenga who were returning home after an evening at the disco, he took possession of their scooter, disappearing through the streets of the Ingauno centre.
The owner of the vehicle, in an attempt to regain the stolen goods, followed the group. However, the situation immediately degenerated, so much so that one of the foreigners, at the owner’s legitimate request for restitution, he brutally attacked him, punching the 23-year-old from Albenga in the face. Falling to the ground, he violently hit his head, reporting a serious head injury.
The immediate intervention of the Carabinieri of the Albenga Company and the health workerscalled by the victim’s friend, allowed the young man to be rescued and hospitalized immediately in serious condition at Pietra Ligure hospitaland reconstruct the exact dynamics of the theft and the attack.
Through the viewing of the cameras of the city video surveillance system and the testimonies collected by the police on site, specific elements were acquired which allowed us to focus on and reconstruct the sequence of events of the serious episode, above all, precious details were collected which allowed to ascertain the physical characteristics of the criminals and reconstruct their movements in Albenga, identifying them shortly afterwards in a city campsite and then at the local train station as they boarded a train for Piedmont.
The searches began immediately, extending them to all the Arms Commands involved, ending in Mondovì a few hours later, where the suspects were stopped on board the train bound for Turin by the carabinieri of the Albenga and Mondovì companies.
Following the investigations, an 18-year-old North African domiciled in Turin was investigated for aggravated personal injuries to the young man from Albenga, and was arrested as a suspect in the crime, while a 20-year-old also resident in Turin is investigated for the theft of the scooter.
The young Moroccan, after the ritual formalities, was sent straight away associated with the Cuneo prison, available to the Judicial Authority. Yesterday the Cuneo Court validated the arrest, ordering the North African to be held in prison
