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Naples, October 24, 2020 – The clashes last night in Naples They were “pre-ordered attacks“,” actual episodes of urban guerrilla“said the Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese. The minister condemned the acts of violence that occurred on the first night of the curfew and the imminent regional closure. “Organized and unacceptable” attacks, Lamorgese said, expressing “solidarity and closeness” with the police forces, the military and members of the local police who were attacked and injured. ”
The attacks seen in Naples “have nothing to do with the forms of civil dissidence and with the legitimate concerns of businessmen and workers linked to the difficult economic situation,” the Interior Minister stressed.
Today the prefect of Naples has convened the committee of public order and security. Meanwhile there the first arrests: two 32-year-old residents of the Vasto district, already known to the police for drugs, were arrested in the criminal act during the clashes last night near the Palazzo Santa Lucia, headquarters of the Region, and have already been sentenced: one year and 8 months for one, and a year and two months, with a suspended sentence, for the other.
De Luca: unworthy spectacle
The Governor of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca in a note: “Last night we witnessed in Naples an unworthy spectacle of violence and organized urban warfare, which has nothing to do with social categories. Yesterday the same ordinances were applied in Milan, Rome and Naples. Milan and Rome the cities were deserted complying with the rules, in Naples there was violence and vandalism. Some hundreds of criminals have tarnished the image of the city ”. The President of the Region assured: “We will continue to follow our line of rigor, without changing a comma, as is our duty.” De Luca clarified: “We want to clarify that the protagonists of these episodes have nothing to do with the economic categories and with the citizens of Naples, who in recent months have given an extraordinary test of self-discipline and responsibility, and that we will protect even basically at the health and social. ”Finally, the Governor of Campania asked government commitment “to ensure legality and compliance with laws; to develop a plan immediately socioeconomic support for productive categories and for families. This support is an absolute priority, like sanitary measures, as we did in Campania with an economic and social plan taken at the same time as the restrictive measures “.” As of today, we will not accept delays and discussions if the social problem is not addressed immediately. We request an ad-hour meeting with the Government on these points, ”added De Luca.
De Magistris: Dark Night
“It was a dark night for our city, a night of sadness, bitterness, a sleepless night full of thoughts. The images of Saint Lucia crossed by violence are not the Naples of Resistance, of non-violence, of democratic culture “was the comment of the mayor of Naples, Luigi of Magistris, in a video message. The first Neapolitan citizen expressed “solidarity with all the people who were victims of violence tonight, starting with the informants.” And he concludes: “Naples in its history has shown that it knows how to resist and win because when history knocks on the doors of Naples, people know where to go and know how to reject violence in all its forms.”
The clashes in Naples in the world’s media
All the major international news sites, from the United States to the Middle East, have dealt with the riots in Naples. Images of the protests appear on the home pages of the world’s media. The ‘Washington Post’ devotes a wide space to the riots, while in England even television and newspapers have been interested in the events that took place in the capital of Campania. The headlines of the ‘BBC’ “Clashes in Naples over the tightening of restrictions”.
In July, Dia reported risk
The alarm for possible unrest due to social unrest due to restrictions, which also affect the interests of organized crime, was launched by Lamorgese herself last July, on the occasion of the presentation to Parliament of the latest report on the activity carried out by the Department of Anti-Mafia Investigation. The report says: “Criminal organizations have every interest in fomenting episodes of urban intolerance, exploiting the situation of economic hardship to transform it into social protest, especially in the South. At the same time, the organizations propose themselves as an alternative to state welfare. , offering basic necessities and economic subsidies “.
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