A man was fatally stabbed in the historic centre of Naples, in the area near the Decumani and Anticaglia, according to a report by Il Mattino.
Police found a scooter with a concealed licence plate, latex gloves and a balaclava near the body. Investigators were examining whether the victim may have been attacked while preparing to carry out a robbery or theft.
The State Police and the Mobile Squad are investigating, including by reviewing surveillance-camera footage from the area.
The precise circumstances of the attack have not been established. The identity of the attacker or attackers remains unknown, as does whether one person or more than one person was involved.
The robbery-or-theft hypothesis had not been confirmed, and the victim's identity and age were not provided in the available report. No independently corroborating source was available.
