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Two die and 13 injured in walkway collapse at Naples ‘Gomorrah’ housing complex


Remaining 800 residents evacuated from last block still standing at Le Vele di Scampia, setting for hit TV series

Two people have died and 13 were injured after the partial collapse of a raised passageway on a building in a dilapidated housing estate on the outskirts of Naples, southern Italy. The incident in Scampia occurred late on Monday night on a third-floor walkway at Vela Celeste, the last and most populous of four sail-shaped blocks due to be demolished as part of a redevelopment scheme in the deprived area. The urban regeneration project, worth about €18m, is part of an attempt by authorities to shirk off Scampia’s reputation for crime as well as the stigma that has lingered since it was the fictional setting for the 2008 hit TV series Gomorrah, based on the bestselling book about the Camorra mafia by Roberto Saviano.

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