The man, a year-old, was the last of the gang of four to be arrested and the only adult among the suspects. Improta called this "a symbolic gesture which gave justice to the victims of the violence". Pesaro is located 40km southeast of Rimini, a popular seaside resort on the Adriatic Coast where the attack took place. The men allegedly raped a Polish tourist and badly beat up her husband on a Rimini beach, and later raped a transgender woman in a park.
Italy's interior minister Marco Minniti congratulated police for apprehending the suspects so quickly. Two other members of the gang, who are brothers aged 15 and 17, handed themselves into police in connection with the rapes on Saturday. Their father told the local paper Il Resto del Carlino he had recognized his sons in CCTV images shared by police, and told them to report themselves.
The three minors were previously known to police, but due to their age they are being held in a juvenile detention centre and their names have not been released. The year-old arrested on Sunday has been identified as a Congolese national who arrived in Italy as an asylum seeker in Following the rejection of his request for asylum, he was granted permission to stay in Italy until on humanitarian grounds, according to Italian media reports.
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