Police said Tuesday
that a telephone company labourer involved with the Calabrian
'Ndrangheta Mob was responsible for a series of death threats
against two anti-mafia prosecutors in southern Italy.
Francesco Gennaro Triolo, 47, allegedly made some calls
from a building where he was working located near the home of
threatened prosecutor Giuseppe Lombardo.
Threats were also made against deputy prosecutor Nicola
Gratteri.
The calls, made between November 2014 and last week,
included some made from public telephone booths, said the
Guardia di Finanza police in Reggio Calabria.
They were investigating after threats were made to the
switchboards at their offices and to the Carabinieri
headquarters in the region.
Police say they suspect Triolo was involved with a planned
attack on Lombardo involving 200 kilograms of explosives.
The caller kept the conversations brief and uttered such
threats as "there's a bomb in Caserta park for the (prosecutor)
Lombardo" or "We are ready to kill Gratteri".
The caller also revealed the mafia was watching Lombardo
closely, stating in a call "at 20:37 hours (prosecutor) Lombardo
returned home".
Prosecutors say they are still investigating Triolo's
connections.
That includes his brother Giuseppe Triolo who had been
previously acquitted on allegations of making similar threats to
the same two prosecutors as well as numerous other judges.
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