SANT’ANTIMO – Six women aged between 22 and 44 were arrested by the carabinieri in Sant’Antimo, in the province of Naples, on charges of having taken part in a brutal attack which occurred on 2 October against a man of 34 years old, hit repeatedly with baseball bats for issues related to a romantic relationship.
The man was also wounded in the leg by a gunshot fired by a 30-year-old who was with the six women, and who was then stopped by the police a few weeks after the event; He is currently in prison for aggravated assault and illegal possession of a firearm. The six suspects, arrested on the orders of the investigating judge of the Naples North court, are also charged with complicity in aggravated assault; five ended up under house arrest while one of them, during the notification of the precautionary measure, was arrested red-handed by the police because she was found in possession of 100 grams of cocaine, and was therefore taken to Secondigliano prison. From the investigation, coordinated by the Prosecutor’s Office of Naples North, and carried out by the Carabinieri of Sant’Antimo, it emerged that a real punitive expedition was carried out against the 34-year-old by the 30-year-old and the six women, all related to each other. . The reasons would have to do with the fact that the victim is the ex-husband of the thirty-year-old’s current partner. According to the investigators, the seven attackers reached the man in the street and began to beat him violently; the women used baseball bats, while the man fired several gunshots hitting the victim in the leg, who was then rescued and taken to Frattamaggiore hospital. When the police arrived the attackers had fled. The victim then told the investigators about the beating he suffered, the active role of the six women, and the 30-year-old who grabbed him; Some testimonies from people present at the time of the incident also proved to be decisive.
