Taurianova (Reggio Calabria), they beat and threaten a competitor to chase him away: two brothers arrested

First, not too veiled threats, “you don't have to climb here”, then the beating. That is how two original carnies of the Vibo greenhouses they had tried to drive out a competitor, trying to prevent him from assembling his own carousel on the occasion of the past feast of Saint Anthony.

Physical and moral injuries However, they did not get the better of the spirit of the attacked who, relief by passers-by and transported to Polistena Hospital, he found the strength to tell all the details to the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Reggio Calabria.  The statements thus made it possible to reconstruct the entire story and identify the attackers, two brothers aged 31 and 21, against whom the GIP of the Court of Palmi, Dr. Mirabelli, has today issued a precautionary measure.

To corroborate the thesis of the investigators, coordinated by the Prosecutor Emanuele Crescenti and the Deputy Prosecutor Davide Lucisano of the Palmi Prosecutor's Office, were the images from the municipal video surveillance cameras, that have the punitive raid immortalized, occurred on June 6th last in the central Piazza Fava di Taurianova. The images documented the cruelty of the beating and the hail of stick blows, kicks and punches that fell on the victim.

As stated in the precautionary measure, those arrested today, already known to investigators due to their criminal or police records, they had already tried to oust their competitor from the previous feast of Sant'Antonio.

In 2023In fact, the victim had been approached by the two attackers, animated by desire to be the only ones to set up rides in the area intended for street vendors.

The two brothers will face the trial under house arrest and they will be called to answer for the serious crimes of extortion, injury and damage towards the competing carnie.

In any case, the case is currently pending investigation and the actual responsibility of the suspects, together with the validity of the accusations made against them, will be examined during the subsequent process.

Further investigative and evidentiary developments cannot be ruled out, including in favor of the people under investigation.