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Actor who played young mobster is stabbed in Naples

Artem Tkachuk, 18, of Piranhas film is believed to have been attacked by a ‘baby gang’ in city

An actor who appeared in an award-winning film about child criminals in Naples has been stabbed by an alleged member of one of the Italian city’s “baby gangs”.

Artem Tkachuk, 18, originally from Ukraine, played a young mobster in The Piranhas, which told the story of the phenomenon of baby gangs, criminal groups led by youngsters, in Naples.

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2XR163x

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