Two people were kneecapped in a
ambush in the crime-ridden Roman costal municipality of Ostia
Thursday night.
A man wearing a motorbike helmet entered the premises in Via
Canaria at around 22:00 local (21:00 GMT) and shot the
50-year-old father of the owner and the 41-year-old pizzaiolo.
Police said Friday the attack may have been a reckoning in a
feud among criminal gangs or it may have been linked to a local
racket.
Two criminal families, the Spadas and the Falcianis, run a
series of rackets in the coastal town and the municipality was
dissolved for mafia infiltration two years ago.
New Ostia municipal head Giuliana Di Pillo of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement on Friday called on Interior
Minister Marco Minniti to intervene to boost police and
strengthen protections for commercial activities.
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