Carabinieri police on
Wednesday arrested two suspects and were seeking four more on
suspicion of carrying out a series of armed attacks on wind
farms in Avellino province for purposes of extortion.
The suspects, both of whom have rap sheets, are also wanted
in connection with a series of bank and armoured car robberies.
Armed with Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles, the suspects on
at least four occasions beginning in July 2015 attacked wind
farms near the Campania village of Calaggio, near the town of
Lacedonia.
They are accused of criminal association, attempted
extortion, and malicious damages.
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