He threatens her with a knife. An attempted robbery, then a long escape Corso Veneziain Milan. A patrol car from the Garibaldi Venezia police station rushed to the scene around 2:00 p.m. on Friday, called by the victim, a 62-year-old Italian woman. The officers began hunting for the man, finding him a little further north, at the Bastioni di Porta Venezia. He is a 25-year-old Ethiopian with a criminal record and a regular residence in Italy. He ended up in handcuffs on charges of attempted aggravated robberyThe man was then also reported for aggravated threats, and was then taken to the San Vittore prison to await validation of the arrest.
Another knife turned up yesterday at Sixth St. Johnin the north-eastern hinterland of Milan. The Carabinieri of the Radiomobile unit arrested two Peruvians aged 32 and 41, with previous convictions, for aggravated theft and possession of weapons. The youngest was already subjected to the precautionary measure of the obligation to report to the judicial police. The military noticed the two in Via Buozzi. They were in a car with a French license plate. At the sight of the police gazelles they tried to move away using the traffic. Hence the military’s suspicions. Who reached and blocked the two. Searched, the police found a switchblade knife with an 11cm blade, a bag containing documents, electronic payment cards and a 50 euro banknote stolen shortly before from a 71-year-old Italian woman who had been approached inside the underground car park of the Sarca shopping centre. While the woman was loading the shopping into the car, she was distracted and robbed of the bag placed on the seat. The stolen goods were returned.
