Five held for Italy gang killing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7385313.stm Version 0 of 1. Italian police have arrested the last of five suspects accused of beating a man to death in the city of Verona because he refused them a cigarette. Police say the suspects have links to a far-right skinhead group. The victim, 29-year-old Nicola Tommasoli, has been declared clinically dead. He had been in a coma since the attack in the northern city on 1 May. Two of the gang had fled to London, but were arrested when they returned on Monday, a day after the other arrests. The attack happened in the centre of Verona, whose mayor Flavio Tosi belongs to the right-wing, anti-immigration Northern League. Mayor Tosi dismissed any far-right motive for the crime. "Verona is not a city of neo-Fascists and it does not deserve this shameful label because of the actions of a few hooligans," he said. The five are believed to be neo-Nazi hard core fans of the local football team, Hellas Verona. |