Naples A life spent for over half a century in the same apartment suddenly turned into a waking nightmare. Piazza Carolina, a few steps from the Naples Prefecture, became the scene of a systematic campaign of violence and intimidation against Maria Rosaria.
The announcement was made by MP Francesco Emilio Borrelli, who conducted a nighttime raid on the site to document the extremely difficult situation the woman is experiencing, forced to live barricaded in her home with her three elderly dogs.
A daily ordeal of threats and vandalism
The abuse suffered by the resident typically begins in the late evening and continues unabated until dawn. The woman's home has been repeatedly attacked with eggs, rocks, bottles, and even wooden planks. The property damage is extensive: the young attackers destroyed the apartment's doorbell and boiler, and even set fire to objects outside the front door in the middle of the night.
During the inspection, the MP noted the presence of young children, some as young as eight years old, on the streets well past 2:00 a.m. Only the intervention of a police car, which identified those present, temporarily dispersed the groups. The seriousness of the report prompted the Prefect of Naples, Michele di Bari, to take immediate protective measures to safeguard the elderly woman.
Institutions raise the alarm: "Children on the streets until dawn."
"Mrs. Maria Rosaria is in precarious health and is seriously at risk of dying of a broken heart," Borrelli declared at the end of the raid. The MP emphasized the danger posed by groups of minors, aged between eight and fifteen, roaming the area without parental supervision and who could be linked to previous news events in the same square.
Law enforcement investigations revealed situations of profound family hardship, with minors already entrusted to relatives due to their parents' detention. "It is intolerable," the parliamentarian concluded, "that innocent citizens should suffer the consequences of the absence and irresponsibility of the families of these very young children."
The victim cries: "I've never seen so much violence."
"I've lived here for 52 years; my father was born in this house, but I've never seen such a decline," Maria Rosaria tearfully recounted during the meeting with officials. She expressed deep anguish not only for her own physical safety, but also for the safety of her pets, who had also become targets of the gang's constant nighttime raids.
It seems like a very sad story to me, the lady has lived in the same apartment for 52 years and seems abandoned by the institutions, perhaps the children are alone and without control but this does not justify the attacks, immediate intervention is needed, social services and the police are more present, help her and her dogs who are ill and scared.