Courageous Granny Put Robber to Flight: Appointed 'Knight' by President of the Republic

The President of the Republic has named “grandmother courage” Angela Piccolo a Knight, who had scared away and arrested the robber of her tobacco shop. Her story had gone viral in Italy. A story of courage, that of Angela Piccolo, who at 90 years old scared away the bandit who wanted to rob her tobacco shop, in the center of Marcianise, and then recognized him, having him arrested by the police. An extraordinary gesture, at least for the woman's age, that the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella wanted to reward by naming “grandmother courage” a Knight of the Republic.
The honor of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic was granted in record time, with a direct procedure from the Quirinale offices. The parchment was personally delivered to Mrs. Piccolo's home in recent days.

Gustavo Gentile