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Two Dutch tourists report: “We were raped a stone’s throw from Piazza Duomo.” The suspect is a 31‑year‑old North African man with several prior convictions for street robberies.

Two Dutch tourists who had arrived in Milan three days earlier. An evening at a city center bar, then a walk to Piazza del Duomo and an encounter with two young North African men. Small talk in English; then one of the men walked away and the two women — 23 and 24 — continued walking with the other. From that point the account, given in a report to the carabinieri and now in the hands of public prosecutor Alessandro Gobbis, becomes more confused. According to the reconstruction, at one point the young man allegedly attacked them and stole their phones. Then, near Via Larga (although the account is not clear about locations and times), the man is said to have sexually assaulted the two tourists. A full assault, after which the two young women, in shock and frightened, were reportedly unable to flee and even continued walking with him for another few hundred metres. Until one of them struck the man with a punch, managing to make him go away.

At that point the two tourists reportedly managed to ask a passerby for help, who accompanied them to the station on Via della Moscova. Their account to investigators was followed by an ambulance ride to the Mangiagalli hospital’s sexual violence emergency unit. Yesterday afternoon the two tourists formally filed a complaint with the carabinieri. The account is confused, also because of their limited knowledge of the city streets. However, the two women provided investigators with important information to identify the perpetrator, whose Instagram contact they had obtained. He is reportedly a 31‑year‑old North African man with several prior convictions for street robberies. Cameras in the area are being examined.

Kills a cat in a park and tries to cook it, reported to authorities

It happened in Sarzana. The Councillor for Security: “An atrocious act.”

He killed a cat in order to cook it in a public park.

The man, of Nigerian origin, was stopped by the Carabinieri, who intervened after calls from passers-by who had witnessed the scene.

It happened in the afternoon in Sarzana, in the Crociata district. The man was reported to the authorities.

The episode was reported on social media by the Councillor for Security, Stefano Torri, who described the act as “atrocious, which cannot and must not have a place in a civil society.” The councillor also reiterated: “We are working hard to return the Crociata park to the citizens, finalising the tender procedure launched for a management that will finally bring positive social interaction, order, light and legality to this area.”