Italian prison officer suspended after firing shots during escape attempt by young Moroccan man in Prato

Details of the Italian authorities’ decision regarding the prison officer

According to media reports citing well-informed sources, Italian authorities have decided to suspend an employee of the correctional facility from duty for four months, following his involvement in discharging firearms inside a hospital.

This administrative and judicial decision comes as the individual remains under intensive investigation, suspected of attempted murder, as well as providing statements deemed false by judicial authorities regarding the true circumstances surrounding the shooting incident at the hospital.

Background of the Moroccan youth’s escape attempt in Prato

The incident stems from an escape attempt by a 22-year-old Moroccan man while he was receiving necessary medical treatment at the emergency department of a hospital in the Italian city of Prato.

According to available data, the young man was under guard after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs and mobile phones into the Prato prison. He surprised the security officers by attempting to flee from the hospital, prompting the prison officer to fire three shots, one of which struck the man in the leg.