A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured in an alleged knife attack in the parking area of the Centro Commerciale Campania in Marcianise, in the province of Caserta, on the evening of Saturday 17 October 2026. According to Il Mattino, the boy was struck repeatedly with a knife, including a wound to the thorax in the left-chest area.
Emergency treatment
The boy underwent emergency surgery following the attack and remained hospitalised with a guarded prognosis, Il Mattino reported. No later medical update was included in the report available at the time of writing.
Two men detained in Caivano
Carabinieri detained two men in Caivano, in the Naples area, in connection with the incident. The report does not identify the two men, specify any formal charges, or say whether the detentions had been confirmed by a judicial authority.
Circumstances still unclear
Il Mattino describes the stabbing as having followed a discussion over apparently trivial reasons. The precise motive and the exact sequence of the confrontation remain unclear from the available report.
This article is based on the information reported by Il Mattino. Further details, including the outcome of the investigation and the boy's condition, have not yet been confirmed.
