A 23-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the chest during a brawl in a car park following a petty dispute at a nightclub.
The two groups, around 20 people in total, first clashed inside the venue towards the end of Friday (17 Oct) night’s party.
It began over trivial matters, possibly a look or an overheard comment, according to local media.
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At around 4:30am on Saturday (18 Oct), after the party had ended, the groups confronted each other again in a nearby car park.
It was there that one young man brandished two knives – one larger, one smaller – and first attacked Samuel Cumani, lightly injuring him.
He then stabbed Samuel’s brother, Hekuran Cumani, killing him with a single blow to the upper chest before fleeing.
Marks on the tarmac suggest Hekuran managed to stagger a few steps before collapsing.
Local reports say the killer may have arrived later or fetched the knives from a car, as the venue is equipped with a metal detector.
The trouble reportedly began at 100dieci, a university nightclub in the historic centre of Perugia, Italy, as reported by Need To Know.
The car park where the killing occurred is in front of the University of Perugia’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
The brothers, of Albanian origin, and their friends had travelled from Fabriano, about 50 minutes away by car, to spend the evening in Perugia.
After interviewing Hekuran’s brother and friends, police have identified the killer as a man of Tunisian origin.
His group consisted of Perugia residents, while the Cumani brothers and their friends were all from the Marche region.
Authorities say the two groups, mostly youths of foreign origin, did not know each other and have no known links to organised crime.
Hekuran worked seasonally in a family-run restaurant in Senigallia and took on other jobs in the winter.
He was passionate about sports, especially gym training, and had numerous tattoos.
On social media, he once wrote: “I want to become a dad.”
An anonymous cousin told local media: “He was calm and had a heart of gold, never looking for trouble.
“He was genuinely a good person, never causing problems and always minding his own business.
“He came to Perugia often, and nothing ever happened because he simply wasn’t the type to go looking for trouble.”
The hunt for the killer and the murder weapon continues.
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