Moroccan man arrested in Eboli after attempting to kill fellow countryman

He was tracked down and arrested in the area of Eboli, in the province of Salerno, the alleged perpetrator of the stabbing that took place in Carrara on the evening of February 1st in the area of ​​the Anderlino bridge. The victim of the attack, a 35-year-old originally from Morocco, had been taken to the hospital in desperate conditions, where doctors had found his intestine perforated.

It took several surgeries to save his life, but in the end, after a few days in a pharmacological coma, the 35-year-old recovered and was able to leave the hospital. Immediately after the injury, the man was rescued by another compatriot who found him in a pool of blood and then asked for help from a security guard passing along the Via Aurelia, who had called a 118 ambulance along with the Carabinieri of the Radiomobile.

The Carabinieri, following the blood trail, had arrived at an abandoned house not far from the Anderlino bridge, illegally occupied by a group of Maghrebians, including the perpetrator of the stabbing, who however had disappeared without a trace. It was later ascertained that the two Moroccans, aided by excessive alcohol, had begun to argue over trivial matters, then the discussion between the two had taken a bad turn. The 35-year-old had gotten the worst of it, having been struck by a stab to the lower abdomen.

The Carabinieri, during the inspection outside the house, had recovered a large kitchen knife still stained with blood, thrown away by the attacker before disappearing. The investigations, conducted by the Carabinieri of the Operational and Radiomobile Unit under the direction of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Massa, allowed them to trace the identity of all the foreigners who had illegally settled in the abandoned building, including the alleged perpetrator of the attempted murder, a 34-year-old homeless man, illegally residing in Italy, considered extremely dangerous.

In his varied criminal record, in fact, in addition to various drug-related offenses, there are crimes committed with violence to the person. On him, the investigators of the Arma have collected a complete evidentiary framework, which was used by the public prosecutor to obtain an arrest warrant from the judge for preliminary investigations.

Upon receiving the custody order signed by the investigating judge, the Carabinieri of Carrara under the command of Major Cristiano Marella immediately set out on the trail of the attacker with patrols and checks in areas usually frequented by non-EU citizens, including abandoned houses and the train station area. However, the investigation revealed that the man had already left the city to escape capture, so his search was spread throughout Italy.

Eventually, the Carabinieri discovered that the fugitive could have been hiding in the province of Salerno, so they began a close collaboration with their colleagues from the Eboli company who began combing the entire coastal area, where there is a very large pine forest that is often used as a hideout by illegal immigrants.

The search ended on Saturday morning, when the military, after having raided one of the many abandoned farmhouses located in Campolongo, on the outskirts of Eboli, found the hiding place of the fugitive and declared him under arrest for attempted murder. The 34-year-old is now in prison in Salerno and will be questioned by magistrates in the next few hours.