The unease in Naples grows with the number of 'snatches' of shopping bags. Two cases, for example, occurred in the populous Health district. The elderly are victims, approached from behind by young people on board scooters, ready to splash away immediately after the raid. Seniors targeted because with less ability to resist. A phenomenon linked to the situation of increasing difficulty due to the economic effects of the Coronavirus but obviously prohibitive to be monitored by the law enforcement officers since it is not possible to clearly follow all the people, especially because the snatching takes place not in the vicinity of supermarkets or grocery stores . In the morning the testimony of a 67-year-old man who was seen carrying shopping bags off San Marcellino, in the historic center of Naples. Other cases of snatching have occurred in Fuorigrotta. Everything is tracked because nobody goes to file a complaint for these facts. The discomfort is touched by hand. In Naples, the examples of solidarity are multiplying, with the 'suspended expenditure', people who go shopping and leave a contribution in cash or products in favor of those who come next and do not have the money to pay. In the city center, in via Santa Chiara, a basket was dropped, the 'panaro' with a message on it, quoted by San Giuseppe Moscati with the invitation 'Who can put, who cannot take'.
Coronavirus, Naples: the solidarity "panaro" for those in need is born
In the meantime, the video of a man who placed his groceries at the supermarket counter saying he had no money to pay went viral. With the provocative invitation of another patron of the structure to call the police because the man does not have the money to eat and to pay for basic necessities, such as pasta and oil. But also in other supermarkets in Naples there have been cases of people who showed up at the checkouts with full shopping trolleys but without the money needed to pay for all or part of what was purchased.