Arzano – The roar of an engine revving, the screeching of tires, and then the dry sound of lead rain. Arzano is plunged back into terror and confirms its status as the epicenter of a never-ending Camorra war.
Late yesterday afternoon, around 18:00 PM, hitmen struck again, killing 49-year-old Armando Lupoli, a convicted felon from Casavatore who had recently been released from prison.
The execution among passers-by
The dynamics of the attack paint a picture of unscrupulous savagery. The raid began in Piazzale Sallustro in Casavatore: two killers on a moped, their faces covered by full-face helmets, intercepted Lupoli's powerful Peugeot. His wife was also on board.
A thrilling chase ensued, ending only at the corner of Via Mazzini and Via Garibaldi. The gunmen opened fire, ignoring passersby, firing at least four shots that pierced the car's bodywork and fatally struck the driver. The car's journey ended with a crash into a utility pole. Emergency medical services were unsuccessful: Lupoli was rushed to the San Giovanni di Dio hospital in Frattamaggiore, where he died shortly after admission.
The clan balance and the victim's past
The investigation, entrusted to the Carabinieri of the Casoria Company and the Arzano branch, points directly to the new structures of the 167 clan. Armando Lupoli was in fact the cousin of Salvatore Lupoli, a leading figure in the faction led by the Monfregolo brothers.
The victim was not a new name to the news: in 2018, he had been arrested along with his cousin Salvatore (a former Arzanese footballer who had turned to crime) after a violent armed robbery in a supermarket in Sora, which ended with a swift arrest near the Ferentino toll booth.
Yesterday's murder comes just a few months after that of Rosario Coppola, confirming the ongoing tension between the groups competing for drug dealing and racketeering in the area.
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Terrible news, the city trembles again, the people walk in fear, no one can rest easy. The police leave, but it seems nothing has changed; the family is left alone, and there are so many questions without real answers or solutions.
A crude and precise article, but a sense of repetition remains: the same clans, and the people we continue to suffer. Law enforcement should intervene more decisively, but citizens don't report it out of fear. The street remains dangerous; cars splashed and shots fired, then chaos.