The Prefecture of Caserta has ordered a police surveillance at the private residence and the municipal building of the mayor of Cellole, Guido Di Leone, after the arson attack that took place last Thursday.
An incendiary device, a Molotov cocktail, was in fact thrown into the corridor of the City Hall adjacent to the City Council chamber. The flames blackened the walls and ceiling, but were quickly put out by an employee with a fire extinguisher.
The episode occurred while Di Leone was in the Prefecture in Caserta to acquire for the municipal assets a villa confiscated from a boss of the Caserta Camorra.
The Carabinieri of the Sessa Aurunca Company are investigating the incident, but at the moment the people responsible have not been identified.
The coincidence between the attack and the acquisition of the villa confiscated from the Camorra has been taken into consideration, but investigators believe it is not very credible. In fact, no threats, pressures or intimidations of a Camorra nature have ever been reported in relation to this property.
It is not excluded that in the next few days an escort may be assigned to the mayor, who declared that he is "calm, because we have always worked for the common good. There is certainly concern about what happened, we hope that the police will clarify things as soon as possible".
Article published on 16 December 2023 - 12:49
