The police are examining the images of the cameras present in a rather central area of Giarre, where this morning (April 30) shortly after 10.30, a robbery was carried out. The victim is the owner of a gold shop on state road 114, which in that stretch is called via Callipoli. The shop is located a few meters from the War Memorial in Piazza Alessi, in a rather busy commercial area.
All the traders near the shop were shaken, among whom fear now reigns. According to an initial reconstruction, a man would have burst into the shop pushing a customer who had entered a few seconds before him: he was showing a necklace to the owner of the business. The robber, who was apparently wearing a light-coloured light jacket, with his face partially distorted, was holding a knife, threatening the owner and the customer who, terrified, took refuge in the bathroom in the meantime. The criminal then ransacked the shop, opening the display cases and grabbing everything he could.
Then, having placed the stolen goods in an envelope, he disappeared on foot through the streets behind Via Callipoli Alta. The Carabinieri quickly arrived on site and searched the area but were unable to trace the man, of whom they obtained a brief description. It appears to be a man in his fifties, of slim build, with a foreign accent. The owner of the gold shop, a young woman, fell ill due to the strong shock. A 118 ambulance then intervened on the scene. The police are continuing to investigate.
