Who are the attackers of Willy, the 21-year-old who was beaten to death in Colleferro. From the cult of martial arts to the precedents of drug trafficking and injuries

The names of Marco and Gabriele Bianchi are two of the four boys arrested in Colleferro, near Rome, accused of kicking and hitting the 21-year-old Willy Monteiro Duarte. They are respectively 24 and 26 years old, they are brothers and they are lovers of MMA (mixed martial arts), a mixture of boxing and martial arts that they would be used to practicing even outside the ring. Together with Mario Pincarelli and Francesco Belleggia they are under investigation by Pre-intentional murder, while a fifth member of the gang, now in custody, may be held accountable for aiding and inciting murder for leading the expedition against Willy. Among them are those who have precedents of store, For whom injuries And it is not the first time they have participated in night fights. All four are currently in the Rebibbia Prison and in the next few days there will be a validation hearing.

The carabinieri took little time to locate them, as they are well known in the area. The messenger reports that they were nicknamed “the Artena gang”. After kicking and punching the 21-year-old, leaving him dying on the side of the road, they got into a black Audi Q7 and went for a beer at a nearby club. That’s where the military caught up with them. According to the minutes, they were in an evident state of psychophysical disturbance. “It feels good, omnipotent, they have money and assets, they beat other people but few or none report because this is a small country and they are all terrified“A businessman tells the Roman newspaper. “Make life on your knees do it to others,” wrote Gabriele Bianchi on his Facebook profile, full of photographs in which he is portrayed shirtless, with watches and gold rings. His brother Marco, meanwhile, is an MMA champion and teaches in a gym in Lariano.

It all starts at dawn on Sunday, when a fight breaks out on the main street of Colleferro. Willy is on his way home with other friends, but witnesses a fight and sees that the target boy is a former classmate. Then he decides to intervene. At first the situation seems to calm down, but the attackers leave for a few minutes just to call for reinforcements. Soon after, there are four to fight the 21-year-old of Cape Verdean origin. A kick hits him right on the head. “Enough, please, enough, I can’t breathe anymoreSays the young man, as reported by witnesses. When the gang’s fury subsides, Willy is nearly lifeless on the ground as they drive away. In a few minutes the ambulance arrives, then he dies in the hospital.

“He had gone out to spend an evening with his friends, with whom he grew up, who he had known all his life, and he never returned. My son didn’t deserve to die like this. My little one was a lot Okay“, he says Republic the child’s mother. “Her dream was to do CookFor this he had been a hotelier and was currently working at the Hotel degli Amici di Artena ”. Willy was also passionate about football and hoped to one day wear the Roma shirt. “We were notified at 7 in the morning – says the mother – and when the phone rang I thought Willy had had an accident with his car. The carabinieri told us to go to the barracks because something had happened to my son. Once there they took us to the hospital where they gave us the terrible news. They took us with him. He was lying on a bed and he was dead.