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.
According to Italy’s National Observatory on Childhood and Adolescence, 6.5% of young people in Naples belong to baby gangs.
Tkachuk was stabbed in Chiaia, a seafront neighbourhood in Naples, while out with a friend.
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”.