Ravenna, August 14, 2026 – His camper is still there: a matchstick lying on the ground, a scarf of the Bologna ultras tied to the rear ladder, and graffiti on the side. More than three weeks after the beating that cost the life of 53-year-old Nicola Musiani, declared dead on July 22, the square of viale Tritone in Pinarella still bears the marks of that night. Just a few meters from Musiani’s camper, there is one completely vandalized: of the three windows on the right side, only some shattered glass remains. It is the vehicle of the 50-year-old who that night, on July 19, after trying to take the side of the deceased, barricaded himself inside the camper. The youths tried to get him out, but he didn’t fall for it, so they devastated his vehicle by throwing stones, bottles, and some uprooted poles.
Even in the memory of the residents, that night left an indelible mark. Among those living near the square, there is someone who witnessed the devastation. A man recounts: “My daughter around 4 a.m. got up to drink, heard the noise, and called me terrified: a group of five or six boys was devastating the camper. If the man had come out, they would have caught him and he would have met the same fate as Nicola.”
In the square, in the morning – besides some campers unloading, some commercial vehicles and parked trucks – there are empty bottles abandoned and shards of glass everywhere, overflowing bins and abandoned waste: the remains of what happens here at night. Many young people and very young ones gravitate here, attracted by the nearby nightclubs. Just like the four boys arrested for murder in aggravated complicity for trivial reasons. While in the beating, from the dash cam video installed in a truck, a total of six people would have participated, including a minor.
A woman: “We are afraid. We are not safe”
After the murder, those who live here say it clearly: “We are afraid.” A woman leans out and says: “A week before the beating, my daughter, while returning around 11 p.m. with a friend, was followed and surrounded by a group of boys who didn’t want to let her go. They asked her for a kiss. Fortunately, then, one of them decided to let them go. And who has to leave at 5 to go to work? It’s not safe.”
The woman clarifies that she is not bothered by those who gather in the square to play music and dance. “The young people have always done it – she says – and sometimes I even stop to watch them, I think that at that age it is nice and right to have moments of fun. The problem is when fun turns into devastation: it is not tolerable. Here in the past they have thrown bottles against the windows, vandalized cars. We asked for more patrols in the evening, but unfortunately it didn’t help. What happened to Nicola cannot go without consequences. He had lived here for many years with his camper, he never bothered anyone. He didn’t deserve such an end.”
Another resident: “More controls are needed”
Another resident answers the doorbell, wants to remain anonymous, and says: “Here we are in a wild state. I didn’t see anything that night, but every evening, with the nearby nightclubs, there is confusion and in the morning there is always a lot of dirt. More controls are needed.” A man comes out of a condominium, who says: “Here when there is a nightclub, summer or winter, all sorts of things happen. Sometimes they break cars, the mirrors. But what happened the other night should not happen.”
On the other side of the square is parked the camper of Giorgio Musiani, Nicola’s father, who spends his days at the tennis court he managed. There is a friend of Nicola’s, who came to be close to him: “Nicola and Giorgio told me to settle here years ago but, being so close to the nightclubs, I have always been reluctant. I have always feared vandalism, like broken windows, but I never thought it could come to this. Yet Nicola was fine here.”
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