Annalisa Durante
Annalisa Durante (Italian pronunciation: [annaˈliːza duˈrante]; February 19, 1990 – March 27, 2004) was a 14-year-old Italian girl and a victim of the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia. She was killed in the Forcella quarter of Naples, during a clash between two rival Camorra clans.[1] While chatting with a friend and cousin outside her home, she was shot in the back of the head by Salvatore Giuliano, who was engaged in a shooting by the Bove-Mazzarella clan.[2] She died after being in a coma for several days.[3]
The local priest accused the state of leaving the neighbourhood to the mercy of the Camorra.[3] A message on a bouquet of flowers left on the street where Annalisa was shot appeared to speak for many in the neighbourhood: "Free us from these monsters, Goodbye Annalisa."[4] Thousands turned out for the emotionally charged funeral. Many mourners were in tears as they packed a parish church to pay tribute to Annalisa.[5]
Salvatore Giuliano, a member of the Giuliano clan who once controlled the Forcella neighbourhood, was arrested on March 30, 2004.[6] In March 2006, he received a 24-year jail sentence for the killing.[7]
Diary[edit]
In 2005, her diary was published in Italian:
- Andolfo, Matilde (2005). Il diario di Annalisa, Naples: Tullio Pironti ISBN 88-7937-358-7
See also[edit]
- Gomorrah, book about the Camorra
References[edit]
- ^ (in Italian) Il diario di Annalisa, uccisa per errore "Vorrei fuggire, a Napoli ho paura", La Repubblica, November 18, 2005
- ^ (in Italian) L'OMICIDIO DI FORCELLA Condanna a 24 anni per il killer di Annalisa Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Girl hit in Mafia shooting dies, BBC News, March 29, 2004
- ^ Mafia killing of 14-year-old girl moves Italy, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 30, 2004
- ^ Thousands take to streets to mourn teen mob victim, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 31, 2004
- ^ Naples Mafia 'target' detained, BBC News, March 30, 2004
- ^ (in Italian) Annalisa Durante: 24 anni a Salvatore Giuliano, ANSA, March 31, 2006