A mural dedicated to a member of the Alleanza di Secondigliano Camorra clan who was the victim of an ambush has been removed on Via Sant'Antonio Abate in Naples.
The mural was created next to a votive shrine depicting the image of the Madonna, built illegally on public land, for which the Municipality ordered its removal by personnel of the Naplesservices. Metropolitan Police officers of Napoli, the State Police and the Municipal Police, the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza intervened, at the instigation of the Attorney General of Naples Louis Riello, in the area that connects Porta Capuana e Charles III square and supervised the demolition of the display cases in which the effigies had been placed.
The operation is part of a broader program of interventions desired by the prosecutor Riello who, already on the occasion of the inauguration of the 2021 judicial year, emphasized the need to remove the altars and celebratory murals dedicated to organized crime figures. To date, approximately 40 illegal altars have been registered and seized, of which 37 have been demolished, with the consequent return of the spaces to the city.
The Metropolitan Police carried out over 600 hours of work between 2021 and the first half of 2022 just for the demolition and removal of murals, altars, banners and votive shrines.
“The institutions are called to also address with determination the issue of murals and shrines dedicated to members of the clans, because these are symbols that exert a strong influence on the population”, declares the mayor Gaetano Manfredi.
"For this reason - he adds - we believe it is important for our police forces to intervene to remove these figures and, more generally, these representations because this shows that the State is there and is stronger than the Camorra. It is essential, in fact, that our community feels the State is close and understands that the only 'system' in which to identify and recognize itself is the State".
Article published on May 5, 2022 - 17:22 pm
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