Italian suspect can't recall stabbing US student

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By Praxilla Trabattoni, NBC NewsUpdated at 3:45 p.m. ET: ROME -- A 19-year-old American student is awake and talking after allegedly being stabbed by a friend who says he has no recollection of the events after a night of partying and drug-taking at a nightclub in Italy's capital, officials said Saturday.

The friend told a judge Saturday that he didn't even want to go clubbing Halloween night before the Thursday morning stabbing, his lawyer told NBC News.

Follow @NBCNewsWorldThe victim, New Jersey-born Fabio Malpeso, is "doing much better and is awake and has already spoken to his parents and sibling," Police Chief Lorenzo Suraci told NBC News. "Doctors are more confident on his recovery now."

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[Justin Nnamdi]

he is a beast..imagine such impudence..the authorities should handle this matter with all maturity

[KingFemzee]

He must still be high on halloween weed.