- Two British men, aged 19 and 21, have been charged with attempted murder after a local man was stabbed in the neck in Venice on Valentine's Day.
- The 22-year-old victim was attacked outside La Bussola cocktail bar near the Rialto Bridge and required life-saving surgery after pulling the blade from his own body.
- Police identified the 19-year-old as the perpetrator and the 21-year-old as his accomplice, with local reports suggesting the incident stemmed from an argument over a woman.
- The knife used in the attack was later recovered from Venice's Grand Canal by state police divers.
- The arrests followed a week-long search, with authorities using various surveillance methods to locate the men in a city centre apartment, and the British Embassy is providing assistance.
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