Naples – A scream: "You bastard!" and then the blade, cutting through the air, plunges into his body. It happened the other afternoon on Via Piscicelli, a street in Naples' historic center: a 19-year-old was stabbed in the arm and abdomen by a 16-year-old. A few hours later, Carabinieri officers from the Chiaia station and the Naples Central unit arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder.
From the investigations of the police It emerged that the attack was a tragic repeat of an incident that had already occurred in April: the same 19-year-old had already been seriously injured by a 15-year-old boy—for reasons deemed "futile"—an incident that caused extensive bleeding in his thigh, forcing doctors to intervene twice.
According to the investigative reconstruction, the 16-year-old acted to avenge his 15-year-old friend, who ended up in a juvenile detention center after the first attack.
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The other afternoon instead the healthier skin He was struck by a knife approximately 17 centimeters long, quickly pulled from his pants after a brief struggle. He was hit in the arm and, more seriously, in the abdomen (with liver damage). He was rushed to the hospital, where he underwent immediate surgery. He is currently in intensive care.
Juvenile prosecutors are evaluating the 16-year-old's criminal profile: attempted aggravated murder, possession of a cutting weapon, and a vengeful motive.
The case reopens the question of how youth, even very young ones, can be involved in acts of extreme violence, not episodic but repeated, which take the form of personal feuds, retaliation—almost an “unwritten rule” among adolescents.
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It's sad to see young people caught up in violent situations like this. It's a problem that must be seriously addressed by the authorities and society. We hope measures are in place to prevent further similar incidents.
Now, if someone stabs someone, they're obviously reported and arrested. The attacker's friend stabs the same victim again, saying he's a scoundrel because his friend was arrested, and then tries to kill the victim himself. That's not criminality; it means they're truly seriously mentally impaired. Since they're both 15 or 16 years old, these culpable consequences must necessarily be placed on the parents, and one must ask what they did to cure these two burdens on society. Some said the kids had been secretly dating for a long time, and I don't know if that's true, but calling the victim a scoundrel and trying to kill him—I don't know, it's just friendship, so whoever said that was probably right. But even in this case, it's not normal.