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Montanaro. Thieves unleashed at the cemetery Also stolen brush cutter

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The Municipality of Montanaro will respond with new cameras, the caretaker disconsolate «They tried to penetrate the ossuary as well. The boys come to play “
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MONTANARO

The imminent installation of the cameras and video surveillance circuits announced by the municipal administration could be the only weapon to put an end to the thefts and sacrilegious gestures, which for a couple of months have been taking place in the cemetery of Montanaro, a large and well-kept place of peace next to the church dedicated to the Madonna di Loreto not too far from the town center. The caretaker Giorgio Ganio asks, disconsolately.

“The most serious case involved the theft of a brush cutter that was kept in the warehouse,” says Ganio. “I noticed it at 6pm on Wednesday as I was about to close the gates of the cemetery.” But the thefts continued over the months. “Some time ago the thieves entered at night after breaking through one of the gates. The disturbing fact is that they had also tried to break into the ossuary, looking for I don’t know what. But something must have made them give up. Periodically there are thefts that leave the relatives of the deceased dismayed. There is someone who takes away the flowers, especially when it comes to expensive compositions, statuettes of saints, candles and ornaments arranged in the graves on the ground ».

Thefts that had already occurred in other Canavese cemeteries. Last month it happened in Cuorgnè and Castellamonte. And flower thefts had been repeated in Bollengo up to the installation of the electronic eyes. To act, thieves do not even wait for darkness to fall. On the contrary, they operate in broad daylight, when the sacred place is open.

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“I check and keep the cemetery in order four hours a day,” adds the caretaker. “I cannot be present for the entire duration of the opening, ie from 7.45 am until 6 pm, every day”. In the light of these episodes, the issue was discussed in the town hall and unanimous consensus among the councilors found the proposal to install a video surveillance system that controls both the outside and the inside of the cemetery. «We must also discourage the entry of very young people – adds Giorgio Ganio – who have made the sacred place a play area. They did no damage, but they show a lack of respect for the dead by playing among the graves. And I’m certainly not here to pray. Someone also told me that they had already seen them jump from the boundary wall in the lower part. What is certain is that here had never happened before ». The thefts were reported to the Montanaro carabinieri who started the investigations. The Municipality, after a tender with a negotiated procedure, from 2019 has entrusted the management of the cemetery services to the Agridea company which also takes care of the maintenance of the green. –

Lydia Massia

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