Naples, the gun with which the boss Gennaro Cozzolino wounded his daughter is being sought

Naples. They are looking for the gun that accidentally fired the shot that injured a 7-year-old girl. Luckily, the bullet entered her shoulder and the little girl did not suffer serious injuries. But the serious fact is that it was the father who fired the shot.

This is Gennaro Cozzolino, 46 ​​years old, known to the police for his ties to the Mazzarella clan, indeed a prominent figure of the gang for the area of ​​San Giovanni. It is not the first time that the man has been involved in incidents related to weapons. In 2016, during a punitive expedition against street vendors of Maddalena who refused to pay the "pizzo", he accidentally injured a 10-year-old girl.

In 2018 he was sentenced to 9 years in prison for that episode but was released last year after only five years. Now under accusation for negligent injuries aggravated by mafia methods and illegal possession of weapons.

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The dynamics and the investigations

Initially untraceable, Gennaro Cozzolino showed up at the police station after 24 hours, admitting his responsibilities. gun, however, it was not recovered: the man claims to have thrown it in an unspecified place, probably in shock.

Now it remains to understand where the weapon is and why he possessed it is easy to guess. There is a protest by citizens over his failure to arrest, of which the Green Party MP, Francesco Emilio Borrelli, is the spokesperson.

Borrelli's protest over the failed arrest of Gennaro Cozzolino

"It is absurd that a man with a criminal record, believed to be close to the clans, who shoots his own daughter, only seven years old, is not arrested. What more does a person have to do to end up in jail. It is clear that this man is dangerous for society but also for his own family. If we want to stop this trail of blood, we must give severe and unsparing sentences." This is the comment of the deputy of the Green Alliance – Left, Francesco Emilio Borrelli.