A 16-year-old died from his injuries
after being stabbed in an attack reported on Wednesday night in
Bologna, investigative sources said Thursday.
Another teen, aged 17, was injured in what investigators believe
was a brawl between minors after a fight for futile reasons that
started on social media.
The 16-year-old victim died while he was being taken to
Bologna's Maggiore Hospital.
Another minor has been arrested by police who also found the
alleged murder weapon, investigative sources said.
The alarm was raised at around 10:30 at night by residents of
Via Piave in the city's Saffi district, where the murder
occurred, who heard someone screaming for help.
Police intervened and opened an investigation into the dynamic
of the murder and to identify who was responsible.
According to preliminary investigations, the fight that led to
the murder was caused by threats exchanged on social media for
futile reasons by a group of teens from the same neighbourhood,
police sources said.
The brawl started at the Velodromo park and continued in Via
Piave, where a young Italian took out a knife and started
stabbing the two teens, the victim, an Italian of African
descent, and the teen who was injured, who is from Bangladesh.
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