the Mayor Luigi de Magistris does not mince words when he is airing his opinions about the tv series Gomorrah, which depicts the neapolitan mafia, camorra.

In an interview with the Italian radio station Radio 24, he says that the broadcasts of the program leads to the violence increases, and that the series glamoriserar drugs, violence and weapons.

– the Symbols of evil are dangerous. I see many young people who are fascinated by them. They no longer want to have culture, honesty and reconciliation without violence, gangs, and arrogance, ” says de Magistris, according to the Telegraph.

have We gone to the attack against the series. In a post on Facebook blaming it for ”destroying the brains, minds, and hearts of hundreds of young people”.

Utspelen will after a shooting that broke out at a bar on Friday. A three-year girl was shot by mistake and is now receiving medical treatment in hospital with serious injuries. The shots were in fact directed against a criminal man in his 30s who survived.

the Mayor’s criticism of the series has been questioned by some Neapelbor. They argue that the violence is rather due to poverty, lack of jobs and neglect from the state.

“There are whole blocks in the city centre that has become left to its fate, where the child has only one chance to job – by accepting the offers from the camorra,” says Bruno Vallefuoco, whose son accidentally shot dead by the mafia, to the newspaper La Stampa.

in 2014 and is based in part on the journalist Roberto Savianos book of the same name. The release of the book meant that many eyes were opened to the camorrans activities and has led to Saviano is forced to live with only.