Youtuber Attacked In Rome Metro By Alleged Pickpocketing Gang

POLICE successful Rome are investigating nan convulsive battle of a celebrated YouTuber, which occurred successful a metro position successful nan metropolis astatine astir 6:45pm connected nan evening of Wednesday, November 12. Simone Ruzzi, amended known arsenic Cicalone connected YouTube, was attacked by a pack of “around 10 people” successful a metro position adjacent nan Vatican. He was knocked to nan crushed pinch punches to nan backmost of his caput and later kicked successful nan face.

YouTuber abruptly attacked; suffers facial injuries

In summation to Ruzzi, nan pack besides threatened immoderate of nan information guards and attacked 1 of them, and verbally assaulted videographer Evelina, who useful pinch Ruzzi to make YouTube videos. After nan attack, nan assailants fled connected ft towards Viale Giulio Cesare, a thoroughfare successful nan Prati territory of Rome.

Ruzzi suffered aggregate facial injuries from nan attack, namely bruising and lesions astir nan eyebrow, cheekbone, and mouth. He was treated connected nan segment by paramedics and later taken to nan Umberto I infirmary wherever a CT scan was performed.

An battle calved of a request for revenge

Ruzzi believes nan pack attacked him owed to nan contented of his YouTube videos. His contented revolves astir documenting crime and peculiarly filming pickpockets successful Rome, and his transmission has gained important acclaim for inspiring Rome authorities to summation information successful metro stations wherever pickpockets and thieves tally rampant. According to Ruzzi, nan attackers were portion of a pickpocketing gang, which he says he is rather acquainted pinch aft making his anti-pickpocket YouTube videos. His videographer besides claimed to person recognised immoderate “six aliases seven” of nan assailants, immoderate from Rome and different Eastern Europeans.

Attack was cautiously coordinated, alleges victim

Allegedly, nan attackers are portion of a Roman pickpocketing group that loiters astir summons machines successful bid to bargain from tourists. His videographer, Evelina, told section newspaper La Repubblica, “At first location were only 2 of them, past others arrived. They knocked him down and kicked him while he was connected nan ground. They didn’t stop.” According to Evelina, nan group was successful interaction pinch each different from nan beginning. “As soon arsenic nan first ones saw Cicalone, they instantly alerted their accomplices. They were each already astatine nan position fresh to onslaught him.”

“I americium profoundly shocked. Fortunately, they didn’t touch me, otherwise, owed to their violence, they would person beaten me,” said Evelina.

Evelina filmed nan full incident pinch nan 360-degree camera she was carrying. The footage has been released for viewing connected Ruzzi’s YouTube channel. She besides recounted that Ruzzi could person defended himself pinch nan capsicum spray he ever keeps connected his person, but that he astir apt did not usage it because it was an enclosed space.

The pack is suspected of having planned nan attack, pinch revenge arsenic their apt motive.

Ruzzi, exposing pickpockets to support Rome’s streets safer

Ruzzi, a erstwhile boxer who now makes contented for a living, is simply a celebrated YouTuber and presently stands astatine 865,000 followers connected YouTube, 873,000 followers connected Facebook, and 452,000 followers connected Instagram. In his videos, he confronts pickpockets and thieves, often catching them successful nan act, and chases them retired of metro stations. He besides warns visitors of Rome to beryllium observant and vigilant of their belongings.

YouTuber suffers various attacks by pickpocketing thugs

Sadly, this is not nan first clip Ruzzi has been attacked by embittered thieves. In nan summertime of this year, nan YouTuber was attacked successful 2 abstracted incidents, 1 successful April and 1 successful May, successful beforehand of nan main train position successful Naples. Terrifyingly, successful nan second incident, personification attempted to tally him complete pinch a car while he was crossing nan thoroughfare successful nan Piramide area.

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