Blood, painting and altars: chronicle of Neapolitan violence

Vincenzo Russo, in front of the mural of his son Ugo, killed by an off-duty 'carabiniere' whom he tried to rob.Paolo Manzo

On the night of February 29, 2020, one of those rare leap years, Ugo Russo, a 15-year-old boy from the Quartieri Spagnoli neighborhood of Naples, set foot in the street with a toy gun thinking of getting some money for the disco.

He had left school very early, like 40% of the boys in the city center.

He tried his luck working in a bar for 50 euros a week.

Then he distributed tomatoes in restaurants in his neighborhood.

That night he got on the scooter with a colleague ...

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