At dawn this morning, in Palermo, the soldiers of the operational nucleus of the Palermo Piazza Verdi carabinieri company simultaneously carried out a precautionary custody order in prison issued by the GIP of the Palermo court against 3 young people and a similar provision precautionary order issued by the GIP of the juvenile court of Palermo, against 1 minor.
The four, with three other alleged accomplices already arrested by order of the Judicial Authority of Palermo on August 3, are under investigation for the crime of gang sexual violence.
The investigative activity - conducted by the carabinieri of the operational nucleus of the Piazza Verdi company together with colleagues from Brancaccio station, under the direction of the local public prosecutor's office at the court and of the juvenile prosecutor's office at the Palermo juvenile court - made it possible to collect a serious circumstantial picture against the 7 arrested boys.
On July 7, the suspects allegedly sexually abused a very young woman from Palermo, who - in a state of alcoholic intoxication - was allegedly taken to an isolated area of the city center and raped there in turn by some of the suspects.
Today's operation bears witness to how by finding the courage not to remain silent and asking for help from the Police Forces, all forms of violence against women can be adequately combated.
