“The judiciary and the police forces are ensuring maximum commitment against the criminal organizations operating in Foggia and in the province”. Thus the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, announced that on Monday 17 January he will chair, in the prefecture, the provincial committee for public order and safety which will also be attended by the chief of police – general director of public security, the general commanders of the carabinieri and the financial police, the heads of the local Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Bari District Anti-Mafia Directorate.
Two bombs in 3 minutes, the night of terror in San Severo: “These here are becoming the masters”
by Tatiana Bellizzi
The minister thus responded to the appeal of the mayor of San Severo, Francesco Miglio, a few hours after the explosion of two bombs in front of as many commercial establishments (a perfumery and a piric games shop). Two explosions spaced only three minutes from each other that greatly shaken citizenship. But which are the culmination of an escalation that started immediately after the New Year.
Double attack in San Severo, Foggia falls back into the racket nightmare: six bombs in 10 days
But in the crosshairs of crime there is not only San Severo since six bombs have already exploded in the province of Foggia in 10 days: in the same capital in front of a flower shop and in Vieste in front of the home of a convict.
Vieste, bomb in front of the home of a convict: fourth attack in three days in the Foggia area
The meeting of the Committee, explained Lamorgese, “will be an opportunity to evaluate together the measures to be taken to intensify the prevention and control activities of the territory, strengthening the contrast strategy already activated”. The minister will also go to San Severo on Monday “to give a concrete signal of the state’s attention to the city administration, to the whole community and to local entrepreneurs severely affected by the violent actions of criminal associations”.
Foggia, bomb explodes in front of a flower shop: it is the third episode in two days in the province
Lamorgese will participate in the presentation in the prefecture in Foggia, together with the extraordinary Commissioner of the Government for the initiatives against racketeering and usury, Giovanna Cagliostro, of a new anti-racket and usury association, “as a concrete sign of the commitment of all institutional components to promote the culture of legality and to always be at the side of local entrepreneurs subjected to the pressure of unscrupulous criminals who try to take advantage of their vulnerabilities “.
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