Milan, attacks and robberies on public transport: 14 arrests

The State Police carried out a precautionary custody order in prison issued against 14 young people, a 20-year-old Tunisian citizen and 13 Egyptians aged between 19 and 25, held responsible for 8 robberies, a theft by snatching and receiving stolen goods. Furthermore, another young Tunisian aged 20 was notified of the precautionary measure of the obligation to report to the judicial police.

In Milan the police arrested 14 young people on charges of having committed, between August 2025 and June 2026, eight robberies on public transport, two of which were in collusion, including with personal injuries to the victims who received 5 and 28 days of prognosis, as well as theft by snatching and receiving stolen goods. The precautionary custody order in prison was issued against a 20-year-old Tunisian citizen and 13 Egyptians aged between 19 and 25. Furthermore, another young Tunisian aged 20 was notified of the precautionary measure requiring him to report to the judicial police.

Robberies on public transport

The investigative activity led to the identification of a specific modus operandi on the part of the suspects, who used to commit the alleged crimes on board means of public transport, in particular on board the carriages of regional trains and subways, in the relevant stations or in the immediate vicinity, they attacked the victim, almost always alone, after following and surrounding him, resorting to the use of physical violence and pepper spray. Gold necklaces and bracelets, a gold earring, cash, watches and payment cards were stolen from the victims, also with considerable violence, exploiting the strength of the pack.

The episodes

At the instigation of the Mecenate Commissariat of Milan, last June ten different criminal proceedings were consolidated into a single one relating to the ten crimes committed at different stops on the transport lines of the Milanese capital. Two episodes between the M3 Brenta and M3 Corvetto stops; two episodes at the Mm Zara stop; one at the M5 Jerusalem stop; one at the M1 Porta Venezia station; one at the ATM bus stop in Piazzale Buonarroti; one at the Fnm Domodossola station; one in Piazza XXIV Maggio and one in Via Torino.

The investigations

The starting point for the investigators' activity was viewing the images recorded by the video surveillance cameras and listening to the statements of the offended parties. Starting from the images extrapolated from the video surveillance systems of Atm, the company that manages Milanese transport, and Ferrovie Nord and from private ones in the areas of the disputed robberies, the police then analyzed the social profiles of the suspects, verifying the correspondence of the suspects, of the clothes and accessories worn by them during the commission of the crimes.