Investigations continue into the attack on Davide Iacopini. Actor underwent surgery, prognosis reserved

Investigators are now trying to understand whether the same couple of very young people and the same dark minicar, probably electric, could be behind the two attacks, which occurred on two consecutive days. The first episode dates back to 24 hours before the attack on Iacopini, when a woman who was returning home was hit in the back of the head by the passenger of a minicar. After the gesture, the vehicle moved away and then made a U-turn near Villa Pamphili: during the manoeuvre, the car also apparently caused a boy on a scooter to fall. The victim decided to report the incident to the police on Tuesday morning, triggering investigations. The local police have already collected testimonies and acquired footage from the cameras in the area. The images could provide decisive elements to identify the minicar, through the license plate, and to reconstruct the movements made by the vehicle after the attack. Investigators are also comparing these elements with what emerged in the investigation into the attack on Iacopini. A witness who provided assistance to the actor provided further details. From his testimony and from viewing the recordings it emerged that the two boys on board the minicar, after having kicked the actor, returned to the scene of the attack to recover a shoe lost during the action.

The boy seen falling from his scooter after being hit by a kick from a minicar is a 26-year-old university student. He confirmed to the police the story given by the woman who had been hit in the back of the head shortly before by the passenger of a black minicar who then turned around, kicking the 26-year-old off the scooter.

Codacons expressed its opinion on the topic and declared: "The attacks in minicars recorded in recent days in Rome are not a stunt but real crimes for which those responsible must be punished with the utmost severity". The association also underlines how "we are in the presence of what appears to be a new social alarm capable of jeopardizing transport safety and the safety of citizens". For this reason, the authorities are asked "to identify as soon as possible the occupants of the minicars involved in the latest events, bringing them to justice". Codacons then announced: "We will constitute the offended party in the investigations of the Prosecutor's Office, representing the community."