Gunmen on motorcycles shot and wounded five teenagers at a recreational centre in a suburb of Naples, home to a Mafia clan, police said yesterday.

The five victims, aged between 12 and 15, were shot in the legs in the dilapidated neighbourhood of Secondigliano, home to a clan of the Naples' mafia, the Camorra. One of them was also shot in the arm. The reason for the attack, carried out by four people whose faces were covered by helmets, was not immediately clear, police said.

The Camorra is thought to be much less unified in structure than the Sicilian mafia, made up of rival clans that often clash in turf wars.