Robbed of his watch by a criminal who held a gun to his temple while he was sitting at a table in a bar in Piazza Trieste e Trento, in the heart of Naples.
It happened Sunday evening at Caffè Monidee in Piazza Trieste e Trento, the 'good living room' of a city crowded with tourists. The victim of the attack was a Swiss vacationer in the company of a fellow countryman: what makes the story strange is the fact that shortly after the two, still shaken by what had happened, a boy approached to return the watch. It was a fake of little value.
The entire scene was captured by the premises' video surveillance cameras, which are now being examined by investigators. robber he was stationed in a car parked nearby. The man gets out of the car, takes out his gun, points it at the tourist's head, who takes off his watch and hands it to him.
It's almost midnight, but the outdoor tables of the bar are still full: the action is lightning-fast, between waiters and customers, the criminal moves away towards a white SUV, jumps aboard and drives away.
The police were called, but shortly after, while waiting for the police, a boy, still with his face uncovered, calmly approached the tables, identified the two Swiss and returned the watch. In a few minutes the robbers understood that it was a fake and that they would not gain anything from it.
The owners reported the incident by contacting the Regional Councillor of Europa Verde Francesco Emilio Borrelli: “It is incredible that something like this is happening in the centre of the city where we should have the police 24 hours a day”.
The videos of the robbery are already in the hands of the police. "It's absurd also because here we are a few meters from the Prefecture, from San Carlo, from the Royal Palace, from the army headquarters and a short distance from Palazzo San Giacomo and the Police Headquarters. Maybe next time the robbery will be carried out right under the Prefecture. If the tourist had reacted, someone could have died.
The phenomenon is out of control and now we absolutely must intervene before someone dies. The city cannot be at the mercy of criminals and thugs. Among other things, the area should also have super video surveillance but instead it is not. They returned the watch to avoid a complaint for armed robbery for an object of little value. They are very organized by now”, said Borrelli.
Article published on 20 July 2022 - 10:45
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