The woman, who was set on fire by a neighbor today in Quarto, is in serious condition. She suffered burns on 50 percent of her body.
The attack was committed due to disagreements of a condominium nature. Francesco Riccio, 53 years old, is now accused of attempted murder. The woman, 48 years old, is hospitalized at the Cardarelli hospital in Naples.
An argument, banal. A sheet hanging out in the sun to dry that blocked the entrance to a garage. That's why an argument broke out. First the accusations, then an absurd gesture. He, Francesco Ricci, already known to the police, covered the woman and her car with flammable liquid, then took a lighter and set it on fire.
The prognosis is obviously reserved, the victim risks not surviving despite the efforts of the specialists in the major burns unit. The two live in the same building. She, 48 years old on the second floor, and he, 53 years old on the third. Probably there had already been disagreements other times. But this morning everything degenerated.
The 'fault', but the carabinieri are still investigating the incident, would be the laundry hanging out to dry. A sheet that would have bothered Ricci: according to him it created difficulties for him to access the garage. Hence the fight. They started accusing each other in the street, in the condominium courtyard of via Alcide de Gasperi 68, where they both live.
Then the unexpected gesture. In a few moments the man covered the woman and the car with flammable liquid and set everything on fire, without giving her any escape or time to escape. The victim was rescued and transferred to the Cardarelli hospital in Naples.
Riccio, on the other hand, was arrested for attempted murder, aggravated by futile reasons. The firefighters had to intervene to put out the fire that, from the woman's car, had also spread to another vehicle.
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