Assault on the public bus, damage to public transport along Corso Garibaldi in Naples. Around 8:30 PM, the Carabinieri - alerted by the operations center - intervened on Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi at the height of civic number 350.
Shortly before, two unknown individuals on a scooter and armed with a bat had damaged an ANM line bus and then fled. The damaged vehicle is a Texter Breda trolleybus. On the spot, the Carabinieri noted the breaking of a left front side mirror. An hour later - it's about 9:30 PM, in the industrial area - the Carabinieri, alerted in this case too by ANM personnel, intervened at the bus station on via Benedetto Brin. Shortly before, a group of people, at least 4 and it is not excluded they could be very young, armed with bats had damaged the side windows of a Mercedes Citaro line bus and then fled on scooters. Investigations are underway by the Carabinieri of the Napoli Stella company who are on the trail of the culprits.
After the latest raid on public vehicles, the president of the infrastructure, mobility, and civil protection commission, Nino Simeone, has forwarded a request to the Prefect, the Police Headquarters, and Mayor Manfredi, asking to implement the video surveillance service in sensitive areas. «After the vandalism incidents that occurred in recent days, in the Fuorigrotta district, where the windows of some parked cars were hit and shattered, during the night just passed, there were two other vandal raids by unknowns, who on Corso Garibaldi and via Brin struck and damaged, with bats, two ANM buses.»
«These episodes of vandalism could be an emulation of those that occurred, just a few weeks ago, again against the buses of the local public transport, and therefore, it is important that ANM., at this point, increases video surveillance on board and outside its vehicles» he wrote. «It has now become a matter of public safety not to be underestimated. For this reason, I have sent a request to the Prefect, the Chief of Police, and the Mayor, asking them to enhance the video surveillance system throughout the city, especially in areas most frequented by tourists and with a high rate of residency. I believe it is an obligation to foresee the presence of more video surveillance cameras throughout the city territory».
«Too often, in fact, citizens no longer report these incidents to the competent authorities because they believe that, in most cases, the perpetrators are not identified and therefore remain unpunished. This message cannot and must not pass: the institutions have the duty to increase the level of attention in terms of public safety» concluded Simeone.