Clear words that the writer Roberto Saviano has entrusted to a video on his social channels: behind the attack on two armored vehicles on the Aurelia in San Vincenzo (Livorno) there is a gang of Sardinian robbers. A sector, says Saviano, that is in the hands of the Foggiani and the groups, as far as the Island is concerned, arriving from Sassari and Desulo.
Words that have aroused contrasting and adverse reactions, first and foremost those of the mayor of the Desulese community. But Saviano does not take a step back and states: «Is telling the story of the crime that happens in Barbagia defaming a territory? On the contrary, it is being loyal, which is what the mayor is not doing - and many others - by not telling this story».
Saviano, what made you say with such certainty that there was a Sardinian origin behind the attack?
"The operating methods and the accent that the attackers have in the video. Those who operate in those territories are Sardinian or Cerignola, Foggia organizations. Sardinian organizations have been attacking armored vehicles for decades."
The mayor of Desulo Gian Cristian Melis has taken a strong position: «A well-known investigative journalist, self-styled novelist, has entered Desulo and Sassari in the register of suspects on social media for the robbery of armored vehicles in the province of Livorno. The accusation is based on some videos, posted on social media. We are waiting to know the elements of the investigation against us. Then we will try to defend ourselves».
"The mayor is doing something very clever that is done in these cases. Pretending to defend a territory but in fact maintaining a perspective of silence. The expression self-styled novelist is the same that the Camorrista Francesco Bidognetti used towards me in a document read publicly in a courtroom. This communion of languages is interesting."
For years, as Sardinians, we have been trying to shake off the equation Sardinians-bandits. What importance does it have to give a geographical location to crime?
