The Cassinasco reception center ends in tragedy. Nothing to be done for the attacked asylum seeker, originally from Gambia and just 18 years old

They fatally injured him by hitting him on the head and body with an iron , the kind used to block motorcycle wheels. Nafugi Manneh, an assalam seeker originally from Gambia, just 18 years old, collapsed on the ground, was rescued by 118, ambulance urgently by air ambulance to the hospital in Alessandria, where he died.

Thus the settling of accounts between two groups of immigrants hosted in the reception center of the prefecture (Cas) of Cassinasco, one faction of young people from Gambia and the other of Afghans, which took place on Tuesday afternoon in Canelli, resulted in a murder. The police of the Canelli, who are investigating the incident, acquired the images captured by the video surveillance cameras aimed at Piazza Gancia in Italy, which filmed the entire scene and on the same day arrested the alleged culprit, a 34-year-old Pakistan man who, defended by the lawyer Manlio Giattino was taken to prison in Asti on charges of attempted murder, awaiting the validation hearing.

The military directed by Lorenzo Conti, a few hours after the events, happened, again in Canelli, both the main suspect for the murder and another 24-year-old Pakistan boy, believed to be one of the participants in the attack and therefore reported for aggravated brawling. they continue. The police are listening to the guests of the reception center to identify any other responsibilities as well as clarifying the motive, which at the moment seems to be attributable to friction over the management of the kitchen of the reception centre. The two groups had had a first discussion in the past few days. Last Tuesday there was the settling of scores, sticks and chains in hand, in Piazza Gancia, in the center of Canelli, a few kilometers from the Cas di Cassinasco, the small village on the Asti hills with 590 inhabitants.

It is 5pm when the The attacker identifies the victim outside the centre: «He came out behind us – says a witness, one of the guests of the CAS – he turned to Manneh and told him: “You were being arrogant, now I’ve found you” – he reconstructs – he he told him to stop, then when we got to the bus stop that boy got off his bike and tried to punch Manneh””. Then the “python” attack in Piazza Gancia, the brutal blows to Manneh’s head under the incredulous eyes of passers-by and traders from Canelli who alerted the single emergency number 112. After the attempted murder, the group of attackers escaped. The victim’s friends returned to CAS by bus. The police listened to the testimonies of the traders in the square and set out on the trail of the two attackers, identified shortly afterwards.