Thanks to the testimonies and images from the video surveillance systems of pubs and shops, the circle is closing in on the other young people who were with Salvatore Calvaruso, the 19-year-old from Zen accused of the Monreale massacre for having shot, on Saturday night, killing Salvatore Turdo, Massimo Pirozzo and Andrea Miceli and wounding two other people, including a sixteen-year-old.

Another young man was arrested last night :   Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Palermo have executed an arrest warrant issued by the Prosecutor's Office against an 18-year-old from Palermo, accused - in competition - of the crime of massacre. Samuel Acquisto, in competition with other people still unidentified, allegedly instigated Calvaruso to fire gunshots at chest height in the street where over fifty people were present. Acquisto allegedly assisted Calvaruso during the phases of the shooting "committing acts such as to endanger public safety", the arrest warrant states.

The violence started from a fight related to the speed of a motorbike that was passing between people at a high speed. According to the investigators' reconstruction, Acquisto was the one driving the motorbike that night

While the technical checks on the motorcycle were being carried out by the Carabinieri of the Scientific Investigations Section, the 18-year-old turned himself in to the investigators, accompanied by his lawyer. At the end of the interrogation, the Public Prosecutors ordered his arrest, which was immediately carried out by the Carabinieri. The suspect is being held in the "Pagliarelli" District Prison in Palermo.

Meanwhile, on Friday, thousands of people gathered around the families of the three victims: Andrea Miceli, 26, Salvatore Turdo, 23, and Massimo Pirozzo, 26. At the entrance, the three white coffins of the boys were greeted by thunderous applause while in the church there was a surreal silence interrupted only by sobs of emotion. The friends of the three boys wore white T-shirts with the photos of the victims while colored balloons and doves were released to fly freely in the sky before the long procession through the streets of Monreale reached the cemetery.

(Online Union)

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