A year of military surge by police
would be needed to restore order in the "hell" of Caivano near
Naples, the drug and crime ridden town where an alleged gang
rape of two 13-year-old cousins took place early last month,
Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca said Tuesday.
Caivano is "a hell on earth", a "state of siege must be
established", said De Luca, commenting on the gang rape suffered
by the two young girls.
"It is a strong expression,' he said, "but I cannot find
another. "We must say with great truth that in Caivano the State
does not exist, despite the commitment of extremely limited
police forces.
"We need a state of siege as we do when we send military units
to places of war.
"We must decide that for a year we must take the air away from
the criminals who traffic in drugs".
De Luca is a flamboyant figure and senior member of the
opposition centre-left Dempocratic Party (PD).
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