Carabinieri police have
arrested 18 young people, including eight minors, for allegedly
tormenting a 61-year-man afflicted by mental-health problems in
the southern town of Sava, near Taranto, sources said on
Tuesday.
Three of the minors were taken to juvenile detention centres
while the other five were put into homes.
Five of the young adults were taken to jail while the other
five were put under house arrest.
They are accused of robbery, extortion and committing acts of
persecution.
The case is similar to that of Antonio Cosimo Stano, a
66-year-old from Manduria with mental health problems who died
in April after being attacked and bullied by a gang of youths.
Members of that gang shared videos of the attacks on the man
with each other via Facebook.
In that case 16 people have been sent to trial, 13 minors and
three adults.
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