After nearly five years, the escape of a 45-year-old Nigerian man ended this morning in Berlin. He was tracked down and arrested by the German Landespolizei, working closely with the Carabinieri of the Operational Section of the Cagliari Operational and Radiomobile Unit, and with the support of the ROS (Italian Special Operations Squad), thanks to the activation of the "Sirene" international police cooperation channel.
The man was the subject of a European arrest warrant issued by the Prosecutor General's Office at the Court of Appeal of Cagliari, serving a final sentence of 11 years, 6 months, and 6 days in prison. The conviction, which became final following the ruling of the Cagliari Court of Assizes of Appeal on January 31, 2025, concerns a serious crime that occurred in Quartu on May 3, 2021.
According to the reconstruction of the investigations conducted by the Quartu Carabinieri, the arrested man, at the height of a violent argument that arose over trivial reasons, got into his car and, by reversing, intentionally ran over a 36-year-old compatriot, killing him instantly.
The incident deeply shocked both the local and foreign communities, so much so that in the following days there were peaceful demonstrations demanding justice for the victim.
The investigative effort never stopped, and thanks to constant monitoring and the exchange of information with foreign authorities, it was possible to locate the man in Germany, where he had taken refuge in an attempt to evade Italian justice.
(Unioneonline/D)