Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni telephoned Daniela Di Maggio , the mother of Giovanbattista Cutolo, the young 24-year-old musician killed last Thursday in Piazza Municipio in Naples by a 17-year-old.
According to reports from Corriere della Sera and Il Mattino, the phone call took place on Saturday afternoon. "He asked me what he can do for me," DiMaggio said . In her statements, immediately after the murder, Giovanbattista's mother had immediately called for justice for her son and an exemplary sentence for the killer. In Piazza Municipio, right on the scene of the crime, he had invoked a law in the name of Giogiò (as he affectionately called the boy) which provides for a lowering of the imputable age and the certainty of punishment even for those who commit crimes before becoming of age.
«He called me - Daniela Di Maggio adds in particular to the Morning - from his private number. I answered, it took me a while to understand that it was really Meloni. It was - he underlines - a conversation between two mothers, sincere and heartfelt, it seemed to me that I had always known her. I asked her if I could call her Giorgia, she replied "of course you have to call me Giorgia". Then she asked me a question: "What can I do for you". I didn't have a moment's hesitation: I want to meet, I replied ", you have to help me make sure that other mothers no longer experience dramas like this. Crime cannot win, we must protect our children, the healthy part of the country, the future we would like".
According to the woman, Giovanbattista's mother was also called by the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi .
An autopsy on the musician's body is scheduled for today. Then, on Wednesday at 15 in the church of Gesu Nuovo in Naples there will be the funeral celebrated by the archbishop, Domenico Battaglia. For that day the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, proclaimed the city mourning.
