A
gun
aimed at the temple, in the heart of
Naples
.
Two
Swiss tourists
, on Sunday evening, were seated at a table in a bar in Piazza Trieste e Trento, when they were victims of a robbery: in front of everyone, with their faces uncovered.
A man got out of a car parked in the square, perhaps before he had followed them.
Then he pointed the
gun at the temple
of one of them and forced him to hand over the
watch
.
He couldn't imagine that he hadn't stolen anything valuable, since it was a
fake
.
And so, a few minutes later, the watch was even
returned.
Tourist robbed with a gun to his head in a bar in the heart of Naples
Scenes of ordinary violence, in Naples, which once again ended up straight in the images of a
private video surveillance
system , not the public one since many cameras are off.
"The
security issue
must be addressed on the one hand with the supervision of the territory and with a better organization of the police forces but also with actions on the video surveillance that we are putting in place and in the coming months we will have concrete results because there will be investments both on the maintenance and the installation of new cameras ", reassures the mayor of Naples,
Gaetano Manfredi
.
But in the meantime, those frames that tell an increasingly worrying reality remain well impressed.
It is not the first robbery in the heart of Naples, but the modalities are perplexing.
The man acted in the total disbelief of the victims like the other customers of the bar and the owner himself who immediately called the police.
He approached with his face uncovered and aimed the weapon.
Then, after taking the watch, he got into an SUV and drove away.
In a few minutes and the implication of the story arrives, to arouse as much disbelief.
Another young man turned to Swiss tourists, always with an uncovered face.
And this time the watch was returned.
It was false, it would not have been possible to place it, hence the decision of the turnaround.
"The theme of robberies is not only Neapolitan:
we see it in all the big cities, even in Milan
", says Manfredi.
He reiterates that "urban security is one of the great priorities we have before us and there must be great attention from the central government".
Then the reassurance: "We have a continuous dialogue with the Prefecture and with the police to improve the defense especially in the areas most frequented by tourists. The security issue must be addressed on the one hand with the presence of the territory and with a better organization of the police forces but also with actions on the video surveillance that we are putting in place ".
