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]

Annalisa Durante

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

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

References
  1. (in Italian) Il diario di Annalisa, uccisa per errore "Vorrei fuggire, a Napoli ho paura", La Repubblica, November 18, 2005
  2. (in Italian) L'OMICIDIO DI FORCELLA Condanna a 24 anni per il killer di Annalisa Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Girl hit in Mafia shooting dies, BBC News, March 29, 2004
  4. Mafia killing of 14-year-old girl moves Italy, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 30, 2004
  5. Thousands take to streets to mourn teen mob victim, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 31, 2004
  6. Naples Mafia 'target' detained, BBC News, March 30, 2004
  7. (in Italian) Annalisa Durante: 24 anni a Salvatore Giuliano, ANSA, March 31, 2006
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