Alessandro's funeral tomorrow in Gragnano

The funeral of will be celebrated tomorrow at 11 am in the Sant'Agostino Cloister in Gragnano Alessandro Cascone, the 13-year-old died after falling from the window of his home on the fourth floor of a building in Via Lemma on the morning of Thursday 1st September.

Mayor, Nello D'Auria, has declared a day of mourning from 10:14 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. tomorrow. In a public notice, the Municipality invites "citizens, business owners, political, social, and business organizations, and sports clubs to express their participation in the day of mourning by suspending their activities, as a sign of reflection and respect during the funeral, and by avoiding behavior that conflicts with the mournful nature of the day."

Behind that tragedy, there is the conviction of the investigators (the Carabinieri of the Gragnano station are investigating the case and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Torre Annunziata(in close coordination with the Naples Juvenile Prosecutor's Office) may be hiding a story of cyberbullying. Threats and intimidation, it's believed, may have arisen after Alessandro's relationship with a young girl ended. Out of jealousy, the girl, along with other friends, allegedly started a barrage of insults against her ex.

The evidence is believed to be contained in text messages found on the boy's cell phone, which was seized by the Carabinieri shortly after the tragedy, when everyone seemed convinced they were facing a terrible accident, caused by attempting to repair the television antenna outside the window. Now a very different story is emerging that may have led the boy (the only child of a salesman and a lawyer) to decide to take such a drastic step.

Not before having said goodbye in his own way to his new young girlfriend, with a last message sent from that very cell phone full of hostile chats sent by a real gang of young and very young people: six people in total, four of whom were minors.

Among them there would be two girls including theAlessandro's ex-girlfriend, which many believe may have played a key role in the persecution of the thirteen-year-old.

On the subject, however, the family, represented by theLawyer Giulio Pepe, prefers not to commit himself: "This is news," the lawyer states, "that we learned from the press and that must be considered hypothetical for now. Furthermore, in some cases we are dealing with minors, and therefore these individuals must be treated with all the caution the case deserves."

In the meantime today theAutopsy on 13-year-old, after the Prosecutor's Office assigned the task to the doctor who then performed the unrepeatable tests. The consultant appointed by the investigators will now have sixty days to submit his technical findings, which at the moment should add little to an investigation that instead aims to reconstruct the hours, days, and weeks that preceded the tragedy of Lamma Street.

In addition to the consultants appointed by the defense team appointed by Alessandro's parents, only one of the lawyers appointed by the defense of the young suspects took part in the autopsy.

We have once again witnessed a tragedy that continues to leave us speechless: we are all shocked, emotionally and morally. The death of a young man, just beginning his life, is always unnatural, cruel, and senseless. When it is motivated by verbal and psychological violence at the hands of other adolescents and young people, the very same ones who should share the beauty of this dream season, we realize that the alarm has been sounded and we cannot ignore it.

So the bishop of Sorrento-Castellammare, Msgr. Francesco Alfano, on the death of the 13-year-old from Gragnano. No one can wash their hands of this. We must listen to one another, becoming promoters of concrete actions and traveling companions for the new generations: they are entering a world they have not yet known and which too quickly proves treacherous and dangerous, even deadly. I appeal, with all my love, to the community and institutions: schools, politics, the Church. Let us unite, before it's too late. Let us try to understand, without judging; to support, not to point fingers. Alfano underlines.

We are called to practice a sentimental education that offers young people new models and educational paths capable of eradicating prejudices and gender stereotypes, not with the attitude of the teacher, but with the closeness of an older sibling. Therefore, in meeting places and gathering places, there should be professionals specialized in relationships with others, capable of mediating, guiding, and perceiving. concludes.