Puglia mafia hitmen using
kalashnikovs murdered a 25-year-old man in an intensifying drugs
turf war outside his home at Vieste near Foggia Wednesday night,
police said.
Antonio Fabbiano, from Vieste, was hit several times in the
abdomen.
He was said to be linked to the mafia clan of boss Marco
Raduano.
The clan is battling another one for the control of the local
drugs trade, police said.
On April 6 the cousin of a late boss in the Puglia mafia was
gunned down near Foggia.
Gianbattista Notarangelo, 45, was a cousin of boss Angelo
Notarangelo, the Vieste-based clan leader murdered in January
2015.
At least two killers carried out the hit, local police said.
He was shot at least six times at his country home near
Vieste.
The Puglia mafia, the Sacra Corona Unita (United Holy Crown,
SCU), is the fourth and smallest of Italy's four mafias.
It has dwindled to a fraction of its former strength thanks
to waves of police action.
The other three mafias are 'Ndrangheta from Calabria, Cosa
Nostra from Sicily and the Camorra from Naples.
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