Last night, the Carabinieri of Dolianova, together with officers from the Senorbì station, arrested a 31-year-old man of North African origins in flagrante delicto on charges of aggravated assault. The thirty-one-year-old, residing at the local Extraordinary Reception Center (CAS) – Hotspot in Monastir, was arrested after injuring two fellow countrymen.
The alarm was raised around 3 a.m., when staff and a security guard at the facility requested the intervention of law enforcement. Shortly before, at the height of a petty argument, the man had stabbed two other residents of the center, aged 27 and 37, before fleeing .
The two injured men were immediately treated and transported to the emergency rooms of the Brotzu and Santissima Trinità hospitals in Cagliari. The twenty-seven-year-old suffered injuries to his head and hand, while the thirty-seven-year-old was injured in his right knee; both men are expected to remain in hospital for 10 to 15 days .
Arriving quickly on the scene, the officers were able to track down the attacker nearby, but were unable to find the weapon used . Following the completion of the standard investigations, the man was taken to the Cagliari Courthouse for a fast-track trial.
(Unioneonline/En.Ne.)