Security camera footage and mobile phone videos formed the core of court proceedings on Tuesday in Ascoli, where six men stand trial for attempted murder following a May 11 street brawl in the historic center.
Il Resto del Carlino reported that the panel of judges at the Ascoli court reviewed video footage documenting the events involving the six individuals.
Five Tunisian nationals aged 25, 26, 21, 25, 21, and 33, alongside a 24-year-old Egyptian man, face multiple felony counts. Prosecutors charged the defendants with attempted murder in conspiracy, home invasion, robbery, property damage, making threats, and carrying prohibited weapons in public, including a katana, knives, and a baseball bat.
Carabinieri investigations established that the clash stemmed from a jealousy dispute over a woman involving North African residents in the city. Shortly after 8 p.m. on May 11, emergency dispatchers received multiple calls from pedestrians reporting shouting and individuals running through the narrow streets of the neighborhood.
The suspects arrived in the area primarily on electric scooters, heading directly toward an apartment on rua della Campana inhabited by three Egyptian men. The confrontation erupted inside the residence before spilling into the street, drawing panic from bystanders and residents who witnessed the street fight.
Police and Carabinieri units arrived on the scene to break up the melee, detaining several participants for identification at the station while emergency medical personnel treated an injured man on the ground.
Defense attorneys Simone Matraxia, Paolo Alessandrini, and Felice Franchi contested the severity of the primary charge during the court session. While investigators maintained that a knife brandished by one of the suspects was used in an attempt to kill, defense counsel argued that a wound on the victim’s neck resulted from a simple abrasion during the scuffle rather than a blade, indicating the intent was merely to intimidate.
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