Reggio Emilia, the 26-year-old who had attacked three people with a screwdriver found dead in his cell

The young man had injured a woman with a screwdriver and hit two people who had come to help her, before being arrested an hour later. The Prisoners' Guarantor intervened in the case, drawing attention to the increase in suicides in penitentiary institutions in the region

The 26-year-old arrested in recent days for the violent attack that occurred in Reggio Emilia at a petrol station was found dead in his cell, hanged. The young man, arrested shortly after the events, was held in prison and was being monitored by mental health services.

The attack on the petrol station

The episode dates back to Sunday 27 September, when the 26-year-old allegedly attacked three unknown people for no apparent reason. Around 7pm he hit a woman who was refueling with a screwdriver. Immediately afterwards he started driving the car, hitting a girl and a man who had stopped to help the victim, and then drove away. The three injured were transported to hospital under code red, saving themselves.

Death in cell

The young man was found lifeless yesterday evening, shortly after 8pm, inside the prison cell where he was being held. According to what emerged, he committed suicide by hanging himself.