Battipaglia, fleeing thieves crash into cars

Il Eté group besieged by thieveswho are no longer content with raiding the Marzullo group’s supermarkets: now they are also seriously putting people’s lives at risk. The attempted theft which occurred in the middle of the night at the Eté supermarket in Santa Lucia, along the provincial road 312, in the heart of the rural area of ​​Santa Lucia, was sensational. Battipaglia. The criminals, armed with flexes, broke into the structure and they took away two metal boxes containing money.

Then, during the escape, they crashed into a car at the wheel of which, as if on purpose, was the son of Pasquale Marzulloowner of the group, who is patrolling the family stores, tired from the too many thefts he has suffered. Cars destroyed and bandits on the run: the young man was taken to the Santa Maria della Speranza hospital, the thieves abandoned the vehicle with the stolen goods. In the meantime, the Norm carabinieri of the Battipaglia Company intervened, under the orders of the captain Samuele Ticketswho recovered the stolen goods on board the damaged car, which was returned to the owners of the supermarket.

«I’m ready to close all my businesses. My children’s lives and mine are worth more than any job, I am no longer willing to put ourselves in danger and replace ourselves with the police who have the task of controlling and safeguarding the territory. What is happening in recent weeks is incredible. My son risked his life to protect the family business. I no longer have words to express my indignation, my disappointment but also the fear I am feeling these days.” declared the entrepreneur from Salerno.

«I expected a concrete intervention from the police after what happened, but nothing has changed. I wonder: what do we have to wait for before seeing the army on the streets? I would like one concept to be clear: my children put their lives at risk to protect our supermarkets. An accident. An accident that could have had much more serious consequences, only by a miracle did my son emerge unharmed» concluded Marzullo who relaunches the appeal to the prefect of Salerno to use the military on the streets, to protect city safety.