Palermo, robberies in broad daylight in the city center. 5 very young people arrested
Palermo, robberies in broad daylight in the city center. 5 very young people arrested
Palermo, robberies in broad daylight in the city center. 5 very young people arrested
The Carabinieri of the Palermo-Piazza Marina Station arrested 5 young people from Palermo for robbery and attempted robbery: a XNUMX-year-old and four minors, including two girls.
The military, upon notification from the operations centre, they intervened in broad daylight in the central Via Maqueda, where a robbery involving two tourists had been reported.
The accurate searches immediately started, and conducted together with colleagues from the Mobile Radio Unit, allowed the Carabinieri to identify the five suspects, outlining that the same, shortly before, in via Divisi, They allegedly violently attacked a couple of 70-year-old tourists in an attempt to take possession of their personal belongings, but were unable to succeed due to the tenacious resistance put up by the victims.; subsequently, and shortly afterwards, the five would also have surrounded and beaten – to the point of causing a fracture of the nasal septum – a 20-year-old law student, robbing him of his cell phone and eyeglasses.
The three victims, taken to the offices of the Arma, filed a complaint and recognized their attackers without a doubt; the statements were also supported by the examination of the images from the video surveillance systems present on site.
The arrests were validated by the competent Courts and the four minors, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office, were subjected to the measure of custody in prison..
The student victim of the robbery was treated at the Civic Hospital in Palermo and discharged with a 30-day prognosis.
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