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Rosaria Costa, the widow of Vito
Schifani, one of three police bodyguards killed along with
Giovanni Falcone and his wife in the 1992 Capaci bombing, made
an appeal on Monday for "the men who betrayed the State" to
reveal the truth about the Mafia attack.
It is suspected that people outside Cosa Nostra were involved in
the attack, possibly including figures from within the State
itself.
"Collaborate, let us know the truth," Costa told RAI radio.
"I would say to you to behave with dignity, including with
respect to the forces of law and order that wear a uniform, and
not stain it, as those who betrayed it in the past did.
"My appeal is to try to have a conscience because you are going
to face God about this".
Costa made a moving appeal during the funeral of the victims of
the Capaci bombing, telling the mafiosi that she would forgive
them, but only if they "kneel down and have the courage to
change.
"But they won't change," she said in a tearful address that
expressed the dismay of the nation.
Schifani was 27 when he was murdered.
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