Italy records deaths and injuries from gunshots and fires on New Year’s Eve

Firefighters responded to 703 fire incidents across the country

A 45-year-old woman, identified as Concetta Russo, died after being shot in the head during New Year’s Eve celebrations at her home in Afragola, Naples.

According to initial investigations, the shot came from inside the house where the woman was celebrating New Year’s Eve with her family, with more than a dozen people present.

The testimonies of the witnesses present will soon be collected. Concetta Russo left her husband and two adult children.

In a similar case, also in Naples, another 50-year-old woman was wounded in the abdomen by a gunshot while watching the fireworks display from the balcony of her home.

After another incident, a 50-year-old Algerian man is hospitalized in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the right shoulder. He reported that while he was on the street, a person in a moving vehicle shot him.

In Acerra, in the same province, two traders, aged 34 and 28, reported that they were in front of a fireworks stand when they were approached by two people on motorbikes asking for money.

They were then approached by two other people, on board another motorcycle, and one of them shot at them. They were hit in the legs and are in stable condition.

Throughout the Naples region, 35 injuries occurred on New Year’s Eve, including three minors.

Also in Naples, a car caught fire in the Pianura district, perhaps after passing over a rocket launched from above during the celebrations and exploding at that moment.

The firefighters had to intervene to put out the flames which reached the front of the vehicle and the passengers remained unharmed.

In the San Siro district of Milan, there were tensions between the police and young people who set fire to objects and broke a car window.

In Piazza del Duomo, the main postcard of the Italian financial capital, the police checked 1,500 people. Six young people were taken to the police station for lack of documents and another six were reported, three for transporting dangerous objects, one for explosive devices, one for failure to comply with a court order and the other for illegal possession of weapons .

In Rome, 17 people were injured during the celebrations, including three minors. A 24-year-old man and a 45-year-old man lost their hands when the fireworks exploded.

In Anzio, near Rome, a man was wounded in the foot by a gunshot on New Year’s Eve. He was reportedly walking down the street when he felt pain in his heel. The wound is not serious.

In other regions of Italy there have been numerous injuries caused by fireworks. A 26-year-old man was seriously injured in the face and eyes due to the accidental explosion of a firecracker during New Year’s Eve celebrations at a residence in Treviso.

In Capoterra, in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, a 50-year-old man lost two fingers after the accidental explosion of a firecracker while lighting the appliances, and was taken to hospital in serious condition.

In the province of Foggia, a 17-year-old boy had his left hand amputated, while a 47-year-old man from San Severo had four fingers amputated on his left hand due to the explosion of fireworks.

In Versilia, a 15-year-old teenager had two fingers amputated on his right hand due to a fireworks explosion in Forte dei Marmi. In Grosseto a teenager was seriously injured in a rocket explosion during New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Across the country, firefighters carried out 703 fire-related interventions linked to the celebrations, a slight increase on the previous year, when 646 incidents were recorded.

The Emilia Romagna region recorded the highest number, with 101 interventions. The remaining accidents occurred in the following regions: Piedmont (46), Lombardy (69), Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige (47), Friuli Venezia Giulia (21), Liguria (42), Tuscany (49), Marche (25) , Umbria (22), Lazio (74), Abruzzo (16), Molise (1), Campania (38), Basilicata (6), Calabria (9), Puglia (60), Sicily (52) and Sardinia (25) . .

Source: Terra

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