A taxi driver's invitation to cross at the pedestrian crossing was enough to unleash the anger of a group of 16 and 17 year olds , who pounced on the man and beat him up .

It happened yesterday afternoon, in the Vomero neighborhood of Naples .

The four young people were immediately identified and tracked down by the Carabinieri of the operational unit and the Vomero Arenella station: they will be reported to the judicial authorities for the injuries inflicted on the victim, who is 55 years old.

The boys, all from the hinterland of Naples, are students at a technical institute in Scampia . They were reaching their scooters after having been to a cinema in via Kerbaker for an initiative promoted by the school, a film club organised to foster comparisons and debates on the most current problems and yesterday they had just seen the film "The Holdovers - Lezioni di Vita".

The attack on the taxi driver was filmed by many passers-by who intervened to help the victim and the videos immediately went viral on the internet. The taxi driver got away with a few abrasions and a black eye.

(Online Union)