Napoli -U.S. and Canada students beaten after night in the pizzeria

The group of tourists was attacked in the center. They were first blocked and surrounded by a car and some motorcycles, then beaten and robbed. The incident reported by the manager of the hostel where seven boys slept

A group of students, guests of a hostel, was attacked last night in the historical center of Naples while returning from an evening spent at a pizzeria. The boys, six American and one Canadian, were blocked and surrounded with a car and several motorcycles, beaten and robbed. The story was reported by the owner of the accommodation, John Berardi, who says: "Now is not reporting the problem. It should, instead, begin to teach children to love and to experience the beauty and importance of their city."
"These young men were returning from a pizzeria in the old town - is the story of Berardi Ansa - five boys and two girls, students at this time in Seville and Paris, who decided to choose Naples and Pompeii as a destination for their trip. They had not reckoned with unscrupulous people ... Ten or twelve criminals, just before one, surrounded them in an alley near the hostel and started beating them. " And 'the dramatic scene described the tour: "With scooters and a car blocked them first and then attacked, and two, in particular, were beaten and taken to blows, one of them while he was on the ground.
So the guys who came yesterday morning in the city, were at the mercy of "petty people, repressed, that are put on display to mark territory like a dog to pee and, meanwhile, knocked a city that could live only with tourism ...". Two of the attackers also tried, says Berardi, "background kicked the gate of the building where is the accommodation. Then, thanks to the screams of the neighbors are gone but not without having made a small raid : a 'booty' of about ninety euro, some credit cards and cell phones. "
When the young foreigners are back in the hostel were terrified faces and no desire to speak. Ice on his head, a bit 'of medicine, but the hurt inside is insane. "The guy physically bigger - while the landlord says his words in a growing sense of helplessness and anger - he hugged me and told me: 'John, it's not your fault. And I think that' class 'a' now to my guests about the dangers they may encounter in their travels. " There is no hope, then? "Look, the facts speak: In the past there were lots of complaints and alarms. And what are they served? Almost nothing. The presidium of the police - who are fighting in increasingly difficult conditions, it must be said - is often only becomes 'symbolic' in some places because they are privileged and some areas just because maybe the most populated with tourists, but there are also nearby streets that are often the scene of petty crimes.