He was kicked and punched by two at the end of a popular attempt. Initially, the mayoral candidate of Pomigliano d’Arco, 51-year-old Salvatore Cioffi, was attacked in the city a few kilometers from Naples last night, contemplating a robbery. But behind the attack on the politician by two veiled people, who got off the scooters, there is probably an attempt to intimidate. Despite what happened, Cioffi, the candidate of Green Europe, a list that was first rejected by the city’s election commission and then re-accepted by the Council of State on April 26, announced that he would continue his election campaign.
The former mayoral candidate, elected in 2020 with M5s, then with Luigi Di Maio’s party and finally approaching Green Europe, thought of robbery and told them to take the car when the attackers hit him. and the money with it. However, as he later reported to the rescuers and gendarmes, the two did not say a word and continued their attack, repeatedly hitting him on the head and once on the back while on the ground.
The gendarmerie is investigating the incident and are currently not ignoring any clues as to the motives of the attack and are examining the footage of some security cameras to identify those responsible. Cioffi, who was taken to the emergency room of the Villa dei Fiori clinic in Acerra, another municipality in the Neapolitan region, was reported to be not in serious condition.
The attack took place during a “silent” moment of the election campaign, and the various mayoral candidates were sincere and respectful of the role played by their political opponents: in addition to Cioffi, the candidates are Vito Fiacco, Lello Russo and Marco Iasevoli. condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with his opponent.
What happened to Salvatore Cioffi, the Europa Verde’s candidate for mayor of Pomigliano, last night is a very serious truth that I hope the police will soon clarify in order to bring these criminals to justice.” Citizen of Pomigliano.
Source: Today IT
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