Naples – A child filmed while handling a gun and firing a shot at chest height in the heart of Piazza Cavour.
The images, recorded on Friday afternoon in the local park, were sent to MP Francesco Emilio Borrelli (Green-Sinister Alliance), who has been fighting the phenomenon of baby gangs and juvenile crime for years.
In the video, the little boy – described by witnesses as “cocky” and with a bully-like attitude – takes the gun out of his pocket and shoots in broad daylight, in the middle of a crowd. The scene immediately created alarm among those present and those who witnessed the episode. The images, described as “disturbing” by Borrelli himself, are now being brought to the attention of law enforcement.
"What's striking," the MP commented , "is the ease with which that child handled a firearm. Whether it was a real gun or a blank cartridge is irrelevant: the gravity of the act and the clear danger to himself and others remain. We have asked the authorities to determine the minor's identity, the source of the weapon, and who placed that instrument of death in his hands."
Borrelli also urged social services to intervene to reconstruct the minor's family and environmental context, raising the alarm about the risk of early recruitment by organized crime: "As confirmed by Prosecutor Gratteri, there are minors who have already been recruited by the clans since they were very young.
Some are capable of committing criminal acts with chilling coldness. An immediate reaction is needed: we must nip this drift in the bud and prevent new generations from being branded by the Camorra from a very young age”.
The episode occurred just as the city was growing in anticipation of the celebrations tied to Napoli's fourth Scudetto. A festive context abruptly interrupted by the roar of that shot fired by a child's hand, which today shakes public opinion and turns the spotlight back on the scourge of childhood removed from legality.
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It is really worrying to see a child so young with a gun in his hand. The situation he lives in could be very difficult and complex. An immediate intervention is needed to prevent other children from falling into this trap.