The Parma prosecutors office
has signed the OK for the body of former Cosa Nostra boss of
bosses Totò Riina to be transferred, sources said Monday.
Riina died in a section for prisoners of Parma hospital on
Friday.
He is set to be buried in his hometown of Corleone, in
Sicily.
The body will be sent on Tuesday, sources said
The Italian church has ruled out a public funeral for Riina,
pointing out that the pope has excommunicated mafiosi.
Riina, who turned 87 the day before he died, was still
considered head of Cosa Nostra despite spending 24 years under
the 41 bis tough jail regime.
He had been in a coma since the second of two recent
operations and had been badly ill for a long time.
Nicknamed The Beast for his ferocity, he was serving life
for a slew of crimes including the assassinations of anti-Mafia
magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino 25 years ago.
Other infamous assassinations were those of Carabinieri
General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, who had recently been
appointed prefect of Palermo, in 1982; and of Sicilian Governor
Piersanti Mattarella, the brother of Italian President Sergio
Mattarella, in 1980.
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