Naples. Investigators have no doubts about the origin of the two firecrackers that woke residents of the Vasto and Mercato districts from their sleep last night and caused extensive damage to the shutters of a tobacconist's shop and a bar. The first explosion was on Via Strettola alle Paludi in the Mercato district, the second on Via Padova, near the Central Station. The tobacconist's shop in the Mercato district belongs to the nephew of the counterfeit designer label boss Antonio Caldarelli. Two years ago, he was given the same "gift": a firecracker in front of the tobacconist's shop he runs on Via Strettola alle Paludi, in the Case Nuove district of the Mercato district: "Manu Bar." Then too, like the other night, it exploded and caused extensive damage to the business of the 25-year-old with no criminal record. He told police he had not received any threats or extortion requests. This, combined with the fact that he is the nephew of Antonio Caldarelli, founder of the Caldarelli family, well-known to law enforcement, suggests it could have been an act of intimidation linked to the ongoing war between the Mazzarellas and the Rinaldis, the latter of whom are on good terms with the Caldarellis. Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the double bombing was a response by the Mazzarrella clan to the failed ambush on the son of boss Roberto Mazzarella that occurred three nights ago on Via Botteghelle, on the border between San Giorgio a Cremano and San Giovanni a Teduccio. The clan members, having found virtually no "enemies" to target, apparently turned their attention to the Caldarellis, who have historical ties to boss Ciro Rinaldi, from the Villa neighborhood. The clash between the two factions for control of illicit businesses along the San Giovanni a Teduccio axis in central Naples continues with a series of roadside raids, attacks, and bombings, and is no holds barred.
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