Sarno, the killer of delicatessen owner Gaetano Russo is a young man with drug addiction problems.

Sarno – Gaetano Russo, the baker killed overnight in Sarno with multiple stab wounds, responded to an attempted robbery. The killer, who is in custody and being questioned by the Nocera prosecutor's office at the Sarno police station, is a 34-year-old with a criminal record and drug addiction problems. His name is Andrea Sirica.

The young man was found inside Gaetano Russo's bakery and delicatessen with blood on his hands and in a state of confusion. He did not resist arrest. He will now have to explain what happened. Russo leaves behind a wife and two daughters.

Meanwhile, news of the murder of longtime baker and delicatessen owner Gaetano Russo has been circulating throughout the city since last night. Numerous messages of condolence are appearing on social media.

 The pain of the mayor of Sarno

"Tonight our city was struck by a tragedy that leaves us speechless. The death of Gaetano Russo, a respected businessman, a well-known and well-liked man, is a profound wound for the entire community." This was the statement from Sarno's mayor, Francesco Squillante, regarding the murder of the 61-year-old baker, stabbed to death inside his business.

"In the face of such great pain," the mayor added, "words always seem insufficient and meaningless. All that remains is silence, our sincere sympathy for Gaetano's family, the embrace of an entire community mourning one of its sons today."

Squillante reiterates his "full confidence in the work of law enforcement, who are reconstructing what happened, and in the judiciary. "I hope the person responsible must be held accountable for his despicable actions and paid for them with full enforcement of the law and without retaliation," he concludes.

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