Avellino robber killed in gunfight with police

In the province of Avellino, a robber was killed in a firefight with the police.

The firefight in Cesinali, a small town on the outskirts of Avellino, between the police and a gang of robbers, one of whom was killed. According to initial information, six people on board a van and two cars, a Jeep and a Panda, were being kept under surveillance by officers from the Foggia and Chieti police stations because they were about to carry out a robbery with an assault on a armored car of the Cosmopol security institute of Avellino.

Around 20.30:XNUMX PM they were intercepted on the provincial road in the territory of Cesinali and at the officers' stop they responded by shooting. In the firefight that followed, one of the robbers was mortally wounded and was abandoned in the car by his companions who fled.

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Three of the alleged robbers surrendered and handed themselves over to the agents of the Avellino Flying Squad, while two others fled and one of the two was reportedly captured a short while ago. The members of the gang, according to what has been learned, are all from Puglia.

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Police have launched a manhunt throughout the area to capture the last member of the band which is currently a wood bird.

It was the Chieti police station's flying squad that alerted the Foggia and Avellino police stations by providing the license plate numbers of two cars and a van, all stolen a few days ago, and used by the gang to prepare the robbery that was supposed to take place along the Avellino – Salerno motorway link.

The victim was found slumped over the back seat of the car

During the chase, the robbers managed to lose the police several times, but the encirclement plan developed by the Avellino police headquarters forced the thieves in a “funnel” near the Cesinali cemetery. A car stopped at a roadblock but then forced the police barrier and a firefight ensued.

One of the robbers in the car was killed. The officers found him slumped over the back seat of the car that had entered a level crossing onto the railway.