Borrelli: “Impossible to think of a future like this without addressing the security issue”
The issue of security is one of the hottest topics that have been raising concerns in the Naples area for some time now.
While all visitors return home with a unique baggage of culture, experiences, and emotions, some of them, which are still too many, have to deal with local criminality.
An 82-year-old English tourist was walking with her husband on Via Cesario Console, which connects Piazza del Plebiscito with the waterfront, when shortly after 12 pm she was approached by a man with his face covered by a helmet or a balaclava.
Everything happened very quickly: the criminal grabbed the elderly woman’s arm and ripped the watch off her wrist. A Rolex Oyster worth about 7,000 pounds, or about 8,000 euros.
The thief fled, and a passerby even tried to stop him but failed. The criminal then got on a scooter driven by another person who was waiting nearby and escaped.
The carabinieri of the Chiaia station are engaged in the investigation and in the search for the two individuals. Fortunately, the victim is fine.
“For every step forward, we take 10 steps back. We are still in the era of muggings, what a shame,” comments the deputy of the Green-Left alliance, Francesco Emilio Borrelli. “If we really want to turn Naples into a predominantly tourist city, then we cannot neglect the security issue, which, of course, is always important, even beyond tourism. At Palazzo San Giacomo, they should ask to establish a committee to address the problem with the Questore and the Prefetto. There are entire areas in the heart of the city, with high traffic, completely at the mercy of criminals, youth gangs, and camorristi.”
