Two held over Italy NYE assault on women
Italian police have arrested two people on suspicion of involvement in a sexual assault against nine women in Milan on New Year’s Eve, a judicial source says.
Italian police officers in riot gear keep watch during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Piazza del Duomo square in Milan, Italy, on December 31, 2021. (Photo: AAP)
Italian police officers in riot gear keep watch during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Piazza del Duomo square in Milan, Italy, on December 31, 2021. (Photo: AAP)
The source told Reuters that the two men - aged 21 and 18 - are both Italians and that police identified them with the help of surveillance-system videos in Milan’s Duomo square, where celebrations were ongoing.
Police searches have targeted 18 suspects - including three minors - and prosecutors say they hope to identify more people as the investigation continues, the judicial source said.