Reggio Emilia, Mena Istafanous kills himself in prison: he was accused of attempted murder

Mena Istafanous, a 26-year-old accused of attacking and injuring three people unknown to him last Sunday at a petrol station in Reggio Emilia, in the Buco del Signore area, killed himself in prison, found hanging in his cell last night shortly after 8pm.

The young man had first hit a woman with a screwdriver then hit two others who had approached to help the victim and stop the attacker. Within an hour he had been arrested and arrested, on suspicion of attempted aggravated murder. He was under treatment at the Mental Health Centre. The three injured were taken to hospital in serious but non-life threatening conditions.