Black Minicar in Rome: Two Perpetrators of Assaults Arrested

A breakthrough in the investigation into the minicar assaults in Rome: during the night between October 13th and 14th, carabinieri and local police identified and seized a black minicar believed to be the vehicle used in the attacks. Two minors, aged 16 and 17, have been reported and are accused of having been in the vehicle during the incidents.

According to reports, both youths allegedly admitted to the facts during questioning at the barracks in the presence of the public prosecutor from the Rome Prosecutor's Office. The incidents in question are six assaults that occurred in Rome on October 4th and 5th of this year. The case file is now under the attention of the Prosecutor's Office at the juvenile court.

The incident originated in the early days of October 2026, when six separate assaults occurred in Rome over a two-day period (October 4th and 5th). These violent episodes were linked by the investigation due to the possible use of the same vehicle: a black microcar. This vehicle became the central element in reconstructing the events and identifying the alleged perpetrators.

The investigation was coordinated by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office and involved the collaboration of several specialized units: the Cyber Investigation and Technical-Scientific Sections of the Carabinieri's Investigative Unit, along with the Rome Ris (Scientific Investigation Department). The inquiries allowed for the collection of serious circumstantial evidence regarding the possible involvement of the seized microcar, which was deemed compatible with the vehicle used in the assaults. The two minors reported are believed to live, one in Monteverde and the other in Testaccio.