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Gang with kalashnikovs blows open cash van on Foggia road, blocks bus with passengers
At least four masked attackers fired kalashnikovs and used explosives against a Battistolli armored van on the SS 16 near Cerignola on 10 November. The gang also blocked a Marino bus with two women passengers on board to slow the police response.
- Nov 2
Italian police arrest 644 young people in nationwide crackdown on youth crime
Police report 644 arrests, 69 of them minors, and 1,695 people reported while at liberty across Italy. The operation, which ran over roughly two weeks, also seized drugs, firearms and stolen goods.
- Oct 3
Father critically injured in fall while trying to save son at Vieste wedding
A 40-year-old man is in life-threatening condition after falling from a reception venue terrace in Vieste while trying to aid his 10-year-old son, who broke his leg in an earlier fall.
- Aug 23
Body of missing Pakistani farmworker Sadam Houssain found in car trunk near Foggia
Investigators in southern Italy have launched a homicide inquiry after finding the body of 32-year-old Sadam Houssain inside the trunk of his car near the Borgo Mezzanone settlement.
- Aug 10
Van carrying Moroccan farm workers overturns in Foggia, one dead and eight injured
A van carrying agricultural workers of Moroccan origin overturned on Provincial Road 45 near Serracapriola in the province of Foggia on 9 August, killing one and injuring eight others returning from fields in Molise.