Naples: he stabs a policeman in the police station, a colleague shoots him

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In Naples, a tragic family quarrel took place in via Pietro Colletta. Mario Ementeto, a 29-year-old man with a criminal record, he hurt his mother at home with a cutting weapon and then joined the woman's partner, who had gone to the Vicaria police station, in Piazza Enrico De Nicola, to file a complaint. There, attempted to stab the man in the throat.

A policeman present tried to disarm Emented, but was wounded during the fight with a stab to the leg. Another agent intervened firing a gunshot at the legs of the assailant, who was about to inflict a fatal blow on the wounded officer. The man was taken to the Vecchio Pellegrini hospital, where he died. Now the officer is under investigation for manslaughter.

The victim's stepfather and the injured officer were treated and released from the same hospital. Ementato's 52-year-old mother, on the other hand, was hospitalized in Cardarelli. A tragic fact which left the entire city of Naples in shock.

Who was the aggressor Mario Ementeto

The 29-year-old man is called Mario Ementato, he lost his life in the Vecchio Pellegrini hospital after the attack.

Everything has begun around 22pm on February 13th, when the police it intervened in via Pietro Colletta where a family dispute had been reported. The 29-year-old had attacked his mother with a bladed weapon inside their apartment. The woman's partner went to the Vicaria-Mercato police station in Piazza Enrico De Nicola to report the incident, but was reached by the attacker who tried to stab him in the throat with a knife in the atrium of the building.

A policeman tried to disarm him, but was himself wounded in the right leg, although he managed to avoid another blow to the throatattempted by the attacker. A second officer intervened by firing a gunshot at the attacker, wounding him in the leg.

While the mother was taken to Cardarelli hospital in green code and the partner in yellow code to Vecchio Pellegrini, the attacker was taken in serious condition at the same hospital. That's where shortly after he lost his life.

The injured officer was taken to the hospital, but then discharged with a 15-day prognosis. The affair is currently being investigated by the Public Prosecutor of Naples.

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Written by Gennaro Marchesi
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