Annalisa Durante

{{Short description|Murdered Italian child}}

Image:Annalisa Durante.jpg

Annalisa Durante ({{IPA|it|annaˈliːza duˈrante}}; February 19, 1990 – March 27, 2004) was a 14-year-old Italian girl and a victim of the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia. She was killed in the Forcella quarter of Naples, during a clash between two rival Camorra clans.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.repubblica.it/2005/k/sezioni/cronaca/diarioannalisa/diarioannalisa/diarioannalisa.html Il diario di Annalisa, uccisa per errore "Vorrei fuggire, a Napoli ho paura"], La Repubblica, November 18, 2005 While chatting with a friend and cousin outside her home, she was shot in the back of the head by Salvatore Giuliano, who was engaged in a shooting by the Bove-Mazzarella clan.{{in lang|it}} [http://cerca.unita.it/ARCHIVE/xml/190000/187774.xml?key=Massimiliano+Amato&first=281&orderby=1&f=fir L'OMICIDIO DI FORCELLA Condanna a 24 anni per il killer di Annalisa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080504/http://cerca.unita.it/ARCHIVE/xml/190000/187774.xml?key=Massimiliano+Amato&first=281&orderby=1&f=fir |date=2015-05-18 }} She died after being in a coma for several days.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3577569.stm Girl hit in Mafia shooting dies], BBC News, March 29, 2004

The local priest accused the state of leaving the neighbourhood to the mercy of the Camorra. A message on a bouquet of flowers left on the street where Annalisa was shot appeared to speak for many in the neighbourhood: "Free us from these monsters, Goodbye Annalisa."[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/30/1080544453459.html Mafia killing of 14-year-old girl moves Italy], The Sydney Morning Herald, March 30, 2004 Thousands turned out for the emotionally charged funeral. Many mourners were in tears as they packed a parish church to pay tribute to Annalisa.[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544518122.html?from=storyrhs Thousands take to streets to mourn teen mob victim], The Sydney Morning Herald, March 31, 2004

Salvatore Giuliano, a member of the Giuliano clan who once controlled the Forcella neighbourhood, was arrested on March 30, 2004.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3583719.stm Naples Mafia 'target' detained], BBC News, March 30, 2004 In March 2006, he received a 24-year jail sentence for the killing.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/rubriche/approfondimenti/20060331214333875282.html Annalisa Durante: 24 anni a Salvatore Giuliano], ANSA, March 31, 2006