A Moroccan man shot several times and abandoned near a clinic: two men targeted

The Moroccan man was found during the night of August 29 to 30 in a parking lot on via Piemonte in Castellanza, in the province of Varèse, a few meters from a private clinic.

Hit by several gunshots that struck vital organs, the man in his forties was in critical condition when emergency services arrived. Medical teams attempted to resuscitate him, but were unable to save him.

The victim, identified through his fingerprints and police records, was a 41-year-old Moroccan national known to law enforcement.

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A few days after the murder, investigators now have a much more precise lead. According to Il Giorno, their attention is focused on two people who may belong to a group opposed to the one the victim was allegedly linked to.

A war for control of the woods

The investigation is now very clearly turning toward the Rugareto woods, a vast area located between the provinces of Varèse and Milan and known for several years for drug trafficking.

Investigators suspect a war between rival groups seeking to control the drug-selling points established in these wooded areas.

According to La Provincia di Varese, one of the hypotheses being examined is even that two people directly took part in the attack on the Moroccan man.

The carabinieri are trying in particular to determine whether the victim knew her attackers and whether she had been lured into a trap. They must also establish whether the murder had been planned or occurred following an unforeseen confrontation.

Another element puzzles investigators: the man in his forties may not have been shot in the parking lot where he was found.

Initial findings suggest that he may have been hit by gunfire elsewhere before being transported, already seriously wounded, to via Piemonte and abandoned near the clinic.

The footage from the surveillance cameras is therefore being analyzed in an attempt to reconstruct the route of the vehicle that allegedly transported the victim and identify the people who were inside it.

No direct witness is believed to have seen him being abandoned.

The autopsy should also help determine the trajectory of the projectiles, the distance from which the shots were fired and the exact time of death.

Italy has already seen several murders of Moroccans linked to settling scores in the drug underworld.

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The Castellanza case could also be linked to another attack that occurred this summer in the same Rugareto area.

In July, another Moroccan man was restrained and violently beaten before being shot in the leg. His attackers then abandoned him near the Garbagnate hospital.

The carabinieri are now examining possible similarities between the two attacks: methods used, people involved and links between the different groups active in the woods.

In another shooting case targeting a Moroccan man in Italy, three suspects were eventually arrested following the analysis of surveillance footage and wiretaps.

In Castellanza, no arrests have yet been announced. But the emergence of two names in the investigation and the now-favored theory of a war between trafficking groups constitute the first major development since the victim was found.