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Son of police informant murdered near Brindisi

Father former high-up member of Puglia mafia

06 September, 11:24
Son of police informant murdered near Brindisi (ANSA) - Brindisi, September 6 - The son of a former Sacra Corona crime-syndicate boss was ambushed and killed in the southern Italian town of Brindisi in front of a video games arcade, police said on Thursday.

Antonio Presta, 29, was shot with a pistol and rifle, and another man was injured as they left an entertainment establishment around midnight Wednesday.

His father, Gianfranco Presta, was a high-up member in the 1980s and 1990s of Italy's fourth mafia, the Sacra Corona Unita (United Holy Crown), who later became a police informant.

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