Article: https://tg.la7.it/cronaca/bolzano-coltelli-stampante-3d-a-scuola-denunciato-minore-26-01-2026-251562
Local student arrested for ‘manufacturing weapons.’ In reality, he printed some PLA shivs that would probably shatter if they hit a piece of parmesan cheese. The police seized the printer like it was a meth lab. 10/10 for the dramatic crime scene photo, though.
(Backstory: a few weeks ago a student in another city/school was stabbed with a (iron) knife and died so now politicians need to show that zero tolerance policies are successful.)
I don’t get it, are knives illegal in Italy? What if I want to cut my spaghetti?
This is the really weird thing. If these knives were made of metal and in a kitchen drawer, nobody would think of them as being weapons. But since they are 3d printed, that’s novel enough to warrant some panic or something…
It’s not because they are 3d printed. He was distributing them at school! That is the problem.
If he were to file down toothbrushes and do the same he would still be arrested and his files confiscated.
Auto-translate is saying ‘snap knife’, but I’d imagine it’s to do with it being deployable / spring loaded in some way.
Poor guy even got his ams with four rolls of pla confiscated ☠️
I can’t imagine getting a search warrant for toys in a teenager room.
Background: there was a student stabbed to death in Liguria (whole other place) and so media is going crazy about anything knife related.
The students were of Egyptian and Moroccan descent, so right-wing politicians are having a field day with the whole “culture war” shit
That’s performative. Sucks to be the student who will have his life ruined to be made “an example” out of.
This guy will go to jail and start making knives for other inmates lol
Those knives sure are dangerous
Hope they will soon ban these too and put their manufacturer in jail:
Well, I guess if I ever move to Italy I’ll be screwed…
Another murderbot off the streets. Italy is safe.
For now.
They need to ban printer sales
