Annalisa Durante
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Annalisa Durante was a 14-year-old Italian girl and an innocent victim of the Camorra
, the Neapolitan Mafia. She was killed in the Forcella quarter of Naples
, during a clash between two rival Camorra clans. While chatting with a friend and cousin outside her home she was grabbed as a human shield, and hit in the back of the head by a bullet. She died after being in a coma for several days.
The local priest accused the state of leaving the neighbourhood to the mercy of the Camorra. A message on a bouquet of flowers left on the mean street where Annalisa was shot appeared to speak for many in the neighbourhood: "Free us from these monsters, Goodbye Annalisa." Thousands turned out for the emotionally charged funeral. Many mourners were in tears as they packed a parish church to pay tribute to Annalisa.
The death of Durante finally induced Roberto Saviano
to write his much-acclaimed book Gomorrah
about the Camorra. In the book he describes her friends at the funeral: 'Many of these girls will soon marry Camorristi... Many will bear children who will be killed ... But for now they are just little girls in black. They weep for a friend ... Annalisa is guilty of having been born in Naples. Nothing more, nothing less. As her body is being carried away in its white coffin, a classmate calls her on her cellphone. The ringing in the coffin is the new requiem... No one answers.'
The target of the shoot out was Salvatore Giuliano, a member of the powerful Giuliano clan who once controlled the Forcella neighbourhood. He was arrested on March 30, 2004. In March 2006, he received a 24-year jail sentence for the killing.
Camorra
The Camorra is a Mafia-type criminal organization, or secret society, originating in the region of Campania and its capital Naples in Italy. It is one of the oldest and largest criminal organizations in Italy, dating to the 18th century.-Background:...
, the Neapolitan Mafia. She was killed in the Forcella quarter of Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, during a clash between two rival Camorra clans. While chatting with a friend and cousin outside her home she was grabbed as a human shield, and hit in the back of the head by a bullet. She died after being in a coma for several days.
The local priest accused the state of leaving the neighbourhood to the mercy of the Camorra. A message on a bouquet of flowers left on the mean street where Annalisa was shot appeared to speak for many in the neighbourhood: "Free us from these monsters, Goodbye Annalisa." Thousands turned out for the emotionally charged funeral. Many mourners were in tears as they packed a parish church to pay tribute to Annalisa.
The death of Durante finally induced Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist.In his writings, articles, television programs, and books he employs prose and news-reporting style to narrate the story of the Camorra , exposing its territory and business connections.Since 2006, following the publication of his bestselling...
to write his much-acclaimed book Gomorrah
Gomorrah (book)
Gomorrah is a book by Roberto Saviano published in 2006.-The book:The book describes the clandestine particulars of the business of the Camorra, a powerful Neapolitan mafia-like organization...
about the Camorra. In the book he describes her friends at the funeral: 'Many of these girls will soon marry Camorristi... Many will bear children who will be killed ... But for now they are just little girls in black. They weep for a friend ... Annalisa is guilty of having been born in Naples. Nothing more, nothing less. As her body is being carried away in its white coffin, a classmate calls her on her cellphone. The ringing in the coffin is the new requiem... No one answers.'
The target of the shoot out was Salvatore Giuliano, a member of the powerful Giuliano clan who once controlled the Forcella neighbourhood. He was arrested on March 30, 2004. In March 2006, he received a 24-year jail sentence for the killing.
Diary
In 2005, her diary was published in Italian:- Andolfo, Matilde (2005). Il diario di Annalisa, Naples: Tullio Pironti ISBN 88-7937-358-7