Naples: He snatches an elderly woman's bag and threatens a passerby with a knife who tries to chase him. Arrested by the Carabinieri

By delegation of the Attorney General, it is hereby communicated that, from the first light of dawn on 5 February, the Carabinieri of the Central Naples Company they performed aprecautionary custody order in prison, issued by GIP of the Court of Naples, at the request of the local Public Prosecutor's Office – “VII Section Urban Security“, at the expense of a 59 year old from the Spanish Quarters, known to the police.

The man is seriously suspected of the crime of multi-aggravated robbery, committed it last January 12th to the detriment of an 85 year old.

According to what was reconstructed by Carabinieri of the Naples Central Operational Unit, coordinated by Neapolitan Public Prosecutor's Office – thanks to the analysis of images from numerous video surveillance systems and the testimonies of those present – ​​the 59enne, after stalked the old woman, It has attacked from behind at the entrance of Galleria Umberto I, a few meters from the central Via Toledo, violently snatching her bag held on the shoulder, to the point of drop it on the ground.

After dragging her for a few meters, the 59-year-old He took the bag and fled on foot through the streets of the historic center and threatening a young passerby with a knife who had chased him.

La victim, after the facts, had been hospitalized in code redin reserved prognosis, following the severe trauma brought back to the head following the fall.