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A 23-year-old woman was stabbed in the back at about 21:30 on the evening of Wednesday 23 September 2026 in largo San Tommaso d'Aquino, in the historic centre of Salerno. She was alone at the time. On the police account she was struck from behind by a stranger, without a word being spoken, and was beaten as well as cut. The wound at the nape was about seven centimetres deep, and she suffered a wound to the left hand while trying to protect herself. A passer-by raised the alarm, reporting an injured young woman to the state police, and a patrol car attended. She had walked several hundred metres seeking help before collapsing, and lost a great deal of blood. She was taken to hospital under the highest-priority code, was given a transfusion, and was later discharged with a prognosis of 20 days. She lives in the province of Salerno. Ten days after the attack, a 57-year-old man was traced to his home town in the province of Avellino and placed under arrest on a charge of attempted murder. Investigators identified him from surveillance footage covering the area around the attack, and the breakthrough followed the circulation of those images to police forces and the press, when officers in his home town recognised him. Clothing said to have been worn during the attack was seized at his house. After being discharged from hospital the victim was heard by the public prosecutor and identified him from a photograph, saying she had not known her attacker. On 5 October 2026 the investigating judge declined to validate the initial detention but ordered the suspect held in pre-trial custody. He has exercised his right not to answer questions and, through his lawyer, denies involvement. The motive for the attack is not yet established.
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- prose changed from a 20-year-old woman to a woman in her early twenties: a fuller ANSA report of the same day gives her age as 23 while the earlier ANSA and AGI reports say 20, and nothing chooses between them. age_range band 20-30 unchanged.
- victim's age resolved to 23 in the prose: ANSA's later reporting of 2026-10-03 and 2026-10-05 consistently calls her a 23enne, which settles the 20-vs-23 conflict recorded on 2026-09-29 in favour of 23. age_range band 20-30 unchanged. judicial_status changed from alleged to charged, the attacker having been identified and held on a named charge of tentato omicidio.