«This is no longer just Palio. It is rather a real theft, with trespassing. I’m angry and worried.” So today, Saturday 27 April, a member of the Legnarello district expresses her bitterness and tension over the nocturnal intrusion into her garden by some young people who left with the district flag, displayed on the balcony. (File photo)
«It was just after 3 last night – explains the lady with a still worried tone – when I heard noises outside the house. I raised the shutter enough to see 3-4 kids around 15-16 years old. It almost seemed like they were greeting me… I found them there in front of me. I was really scared».
«I called the police – the testimony continues -. They were quick, thoughtful and kind. But the boys had disappeared. No trace of their visit to the garden. Only towards morning did I realize that the flag on the balcony had disappeared. They must have torn it. Only the rope was attached to the flagpole. But I have already replaced it with another beautiful flag.”
At the end of the conversation, here is the strong character of the woman from Legnano, her passion for the contrada, the desire to appear resolute but also always worried: «In the end I would really like it to have been a Paliesque student spirit, even if exaggerated, however I fear that it was a new action by these young people present in the area and already protagonists of events that leave a considerable load of tension in us residents. This, in effect, was a home invasion involving theft.”
