Naples. Five gunshots against a hairdressing shop in the Mercato-Pendino district, but the investigative hypothesis does not seem to be aimed at a message from the emissaries of the racket. The gunman would have missed the target.
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The target of the shooting was in fact supposed to be a boy under investigation in the investigation for the murder of the fifteen-year-old Emanuel Tufano, but who lives nearby. It must be said, however, that the distances from one building to another in the side streets of the city center and in particular those between Corso Umberto I and Piazza Mercato are very small.
And so it is easy to make a mistake. As probably happened the other morning shortly after 5 when the operations center of the Police Headquarters received calls warning of gunshots in the city center.
The alarm went off immediately and the mind ran without ifs or buts to two weeks ago and the murder of the 15-year-old from the Sanità district, Emanuele Tufano. When the police patrols arrived in via Casciari al Pendino they found the holes in the window of a hairdressing shop.
And on the ground they recovered 5 shell casings of a 22 caliber. The investigations are naturally based on the testimonies of those who were on the street and had the courage to speak, as well as on the analysis of images from cameras in the area.
Someone explained that in the last few days there have been some noises like the explosion of firecrackers always in the same area.
The alarm and requests for the presence of the police by Gianfranco Wurzburger, president of the association “Asso.Gio.Ca”
Gianfranco Wurzburger, a key figure in the area, president of the association “Asso.Gio.Ca” and vice president of the Mercato Orefici territorial forum, declared: “After the atrocious death of Emanuele and the massacre avoided, following the firefight between rival gangs, we would have expected greater controls, more security and, above all, greater attention for the Piazza Mercato area.
But this morning, right near Piazza Sant'Eligio, in front of the headquarters of our association, around 5:30, yet another “stesa” occurred. A sequence of 5-6 gunshots, probably to intimidate someone and signal the presence of another gang”.
“We want to once again raise the alarm about a situation that is becoming increasingly worrying and dangerous. It is true that the municipal administration is preparing measures to revitalize the square with commercial and cultural activities, but we would have expected a massive presence of the police.
The climate is incandescent. The parents of the children we accompany daily are terrified and fear that they could be involved in other shootings. The institutions must do their part with concrete interventions”.
Article published on November 8, 2024 - 23:31
