Payment slips of all kinds pass through his hands, with several zeros.

Because the municipal office he manages, that of Taxes, is among the most delicate due to the amount of documents and disputes it deals with: municipal and tourist taxes, additional income tax and waste tax. And then it deals with all tax assessments, with related disputes, and also with the fight against tax evasion.

For this reason, the investigations into the arson attack against the municipal manager, Giovanni Battista Ena, despite following different hypotheses, are focusing on his work. In particular on the tax bills that the institution has sent to private individuals and companies in recent months. But also on other documents considered "heavy".

The Flying Squad investigators have been at work since the night between Wednesday and Thursday: although there are no clear clues as to the causes of the fire, the police doubt that it could be an accidental event.

Ena himself, immediately interviewed by the agents coordinated by the manager Fabrizio Mustaro, underlined: «I find it unlikely that it could have been spontaneous combustion. A new car parked for 48 hours doesn't catch fire on its own. On my table in the office there are some heavy files, so to speak. So yes, if it was arson, I consider the fire linked to my activity in the Municipality. Now I'm scared for myself and my family too."

And that what happened in Piazza Belgio, in Genneruxi, could be a serious warning is for now confirmed by the testimony of a resident who saw the automatic gate close when she could already smell the smoke and a person quickly moving away from the building . Then it was chaos.

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