Mattarella awards medal of valor to dead Ukrainian

(ANSA) - Rome, September 29 - President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday conferred a gold medal of valor in memory of Ukrainian construction worker Anatoly (or Anatolij) Korol, 38, who was shot dead August 29 while trying to foil a supermarket robbery in the Naples-area town of Castello di Cisterna. The medal was awarded on the suggestion of Interior Minister Angelino Alfano. Korol, who had already done his shopping and left the supermarket, returned to try to prevent the heist by two gunmen wearing carnival masks and motorcycle helmets.
    They shot him twice, and also battered him with what investigators said was a sharp object.
    Two suspects were arrested a week later in Calabria, and confessed to the murder.
    They were named as stepbrothers Marco Di Lorenzo, 32, and Gianluca Ianuale, 20.
    Their father is crime boss Vincenzo Ianuale.
    Korol left a wife, Nadiya, and two daughters.
    The local mayor declared a day of mourning, and the supermarket owner told the widow he would help her and the children in any way he could.
    The town also held a torchlight march in memory of Korol, and named a street after him.