Naples and its province: 1 minor reported or arrested every 36 hours. 365 weapons seized in the last 5 months.
The budget of the Carabinieri:
Daggers, katanas, baseball bats Stuffed nail bombs, Kalashnikovs, crossbows, handcrafted pistols, pipe bombs, sniper rifles,
And yet steel brass knuckles, kitchen knives, medieval axes, machine guns, hand grenades and even rockets, of those used in the Balkan war.
The balance of the Carabinieri: 1 minor reported or arrested every 36 hours
A vast sample that does not belong to an armory but to the list of kidnappings made by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Naples.
Instruments of death also stolen from organized crime but above all from very young people, certain of being able to face any threat only by feeling the cold of a blade or the barrel of a gun on the skin. During the nightlife, in the evenings around clubs or even at school, in the classroom.
Reading the budgets of operations and events managed by the Neapolitan Carabinieri, one shivers because often knives and firearms do not remain just a silent defense from one’s own insecurities.
They are swung, gripped, thrown, pushed against the flesh of their opponent. And the triggers pressed, several times, in a single battle that finds no winners.
It is for this reason that the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Naples has long promoted services aimed at disarming those often immature hands and consciences that see violence as the only answer.
A complex and delicate work that looks with attention and concern above all to the youngest.
Repression, therefore, but also a lot of prevention. On the street and in schools, with various initiatives to promote dialogue with institutions and the culture of legality.
In the first 5 months of 2022, the carabinieri of Naples and its province seized 365 weapons of various kinds. 158 for cutting, 123 for fire and 78 for those defined as improper: to be clear, clubs, brass knuckles, nunchaku and others.
Accounts in hand there is talk of almost 3 weapons seized per day.
365 potential threats that result in 153 reports in a state of freedom for illegal carrying of weapons and 37 arrests. Among these also minors: 37 those reported, 3 those ended up in handcuffs.
An alarming figure that tells of 1 minor reported or arrested every 36 hours. The most common excuse is now known, “I need to defend myself!”, But whoever utters it does not realize that he too is part of a vicious circle.
Because even keeping a knife in your pocket generates violence. And what’s more, it is a crime.
Every place is potentially the scene of violence, especially among the youngest. Among the most recent cases that of 7 May last year Arpino di Casoria where the lanes of a bowling alley have become a real ring for a few but interminable minutes.
A general “stampede” where the worst was a 14-year-old who suffered a head injury and several stab wounds to the chest.
And just a few hours ago the soldiers of the local station identified and reported those violent hands. They belong to 7 very young people aged 14 to 16, all uncensored. The weapon used was not found but that won’t stop them from fighting back.
The case of an 18-year-old from Greek’s tower, cue for a statistical evaluation on the use of some types of weapons.
There is a high percentage of young people between 18 and 20 years old caught in possession of knives and brass knuckles, the common denominator of the desire to defend themselves from or to light the fuse.
As for Torre del Greco, the Carabinieri of the local mobile radio section stopped the young man while he was walking along the coast. Searched, he was found in possession of a brass knuckle.
Control was also extended to his home and it was there that the military found and seized two switchblade knives. He will have to answer for illegal carrying of arms.
Another brass knuckles, this time removed from the hands of a 15 year old. It happened to Marano, on a Saturday night of nightlife.
3 the children of Caivano between 15 and 16 years reported by frightened passers-by in Via Marina in Naples because they were armed with knives and brass knuckles. Weapons displayed with bravado that cost them a criminal complaint.
A 17-year-old was found in the Vomero metro with a pocket knife. Thanks to the use of metal detectors, the carabinieri were able to steal the blade from the young man before he mixed in the crowd of the nightlife.
A 17 year old in Nola he was surprised with 2 .22 caliber bullets in his pocket and a shot of cocaine.
In this regard, the statements of the Provincial Carabinieri Commander of Naples Brigadier General Enrico Scandone:
“In light of the recent resurgence of attacks carried out with weapons in the city and province, the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Naples has increased the services to combat the use and illegal carrying of weapons.
Unfortunately, the younger ones do not realize that carrying a knife is not just a crime. It is dangerous for others and for oneself.
A blade can cause serious injury or death to someone.
Aiming at the youngest, we are implementing an awareness and prevention campaign. Even in schools.
We urge everyone, especially children, to avoid the risk of improper use of a knife.
A knife hurts, a knife kills, a knife causes injuries that can be permanent.
Life is not a video game.“
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1 minor reported or arrested every 36 hours in Naples and its province / Cristina Adriana Botis / Campania editorial staff
