On May 29, 2026, Italian prosecutors formally requested a life sentence for Cinzia Dal Pino, a 65-year-old businesswoman from Viareggio who ran over and killed Said Malkoun with her SUV after he stole her bag.
Malkoun, 47, whose nationality authorities could not confirm because he had given false information during previous arrests, had no fixed address and no valid residence permit, and supported himself through theft.
Prosecutor Sara Polino charged Dal Pino with aggravated voluntary homicide, citing cruelty, futile motives, use of a dangerous instrument, and diminished defense of the victim, who was struck from behind on foot.
Dal Pino told the court she acted “only to stop him because he had stolen my bag,” adding that she believed he was armed with a knife — a weapon investigators say was never found.
The incident comes just two weeks after the reverse occurred: a vehicular attack on Italians by a North African, in which no life sentence was sought, underscoring how the legal system protects illegal aliens and Islamists at the expense of ordinary Italian citizens.
On May 16, Salim El Koudri, a 31-year-old Italian citizen of Moroccan origin, drove his car at high speed into pedestrians in Modena, injuring eight, four critically, including two women who lost their legs. He then exited the vehicle and stabbed a bystander before being subdued by civilians.
These two cases unfolded against a wider pattern of violent crime committed by migrants and illegal aliens in Italy.
On May 19, a 32-year-old woman was held captive for three days in an abandoned building in Rome’s Tor Cervara district, gang-raped under threats of death while being drugged, and escaped on the third day. Five men, Gambian, Nigerian, and Malian nationals aged 29 to 43, were arrested on charges of aggravated gang rape.
In April, seven suspects of African and Asian origin were charged with gang-raping a 23-year-old woman in Cesena after filming the assault on their phones. Italian media initially described the suspects as Italian and disclosed their origins only in follow-up reporting.
Also in May, a North African man forced his way into a home in Livorno and sexually assaulted a 56-year-old woman before a neighbor intervened.
The statistical backdrop to these cases is documented in Italian Interior Ministry data. Foreigners, who comprise approximately 9 percent of Italy’s population, account for 44 percent of sexual crimes.