“Shimpei Tominaga was an example of humanity and courage that our society increasingly needs” declared the mayor of Udine, speaking of “A serious and painful wound for the city”. The 56-year-old entrepreneur leaves behind a 13-year-old son. A 20-year-old from Treviso is now accused of manslaughter.
He did not make it Shimpei Tominaga, the Japanese entrepreneur hit by a punch while trying to break up a fight in Udine. The 56-year-old is dead in the last few hours at the Udine hospital where he had been hospitalized since last Friday after being hit by a young man in the center of the city only because he had intervened to break up a fight between young people. The man, hospitalized in Intensive Care, never recovered and last night the commission to ascertain brain death was activated.
The position of Samuele Battistella is now worsening 20-year-old from Treviso accused of throwing the punch later revealed to be fatal and already in custody after the attack. For him, in fact, the crime turns from injuries into Pre-Intentional Murder. According to what has been reconstructed so far, the boy was part of a small group of three young people, all three residents of the Treviso area and now in prison in Udine, who participated in a fight on the night between Friday and Saturday a stone’s throw from Piazza San Giacomo.
Shimpei Tominaga was in the center when he saw a bleeding young man who said he had had an argument with other boys who had hit him. The stranger was then joined by the small group and at this point the Japanese entrepreneur, well known in the city for his commercial activities, intervened to avoid further aggression. “Leave him alone, can’t you see he’s already hurt?” he would have told the group, but shortly after he would have been punched in the face. The entrepreneur hit his head violently on the ground and remained lifeless. Rescued and transported to the hospital, he remained hospitalized for four days but the doctors could not save him. The entrepreneur leaves behind a wife and a 13-year-old son.
Udine, tries to stop attack but is hit by a punch: Japanese entrepreneur on the verge of death
“A serious and painful wound for Udine” the mayor of the city defined it, remembering Shimpei Tominaga as “an esteemed and respected man and entrepreneur who lived in Udine, contributing with passion and human and professional commitment to the development of the city, leaving his mark on our community”. “It is above all for his last, courageous gesture that I would like to remember him today, that is, for having demonstrated an exceptional sense of civic responsibility and altruism, paying with his own life” declared the mayor, adding: “In an era in which too often we remain indifferent compared to others his sacrifice represents a example of humanity and courage, values that our society increasingly needs.” “Shimpei Tominaga has set a great example, now we must follow him so that this never happens again in Udine” concluded the mayor.
