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Mafia blamed for Italy killings | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
A local mafia clan is suspected of being behind the killings of six African immigrants in southern Italy, police say. | |
The six men from Ghana, Liberia and Togo were shot dead in Castelvolturno, near Naples, late on Thursday. | |
Police say the attack may be linked to a row between the Casalesi clan of the regional Camorra mafia and immigrants involved in drug-trafficking. | |
They say there had never been so many dead in a single shooting in the area. | |
Two other men were injured in the shooting. | |
In a separate incident in Castelvolturno, a man was gunned down near a local games hall. | |
The victim was shot 20 times, Italy's Ansa news agency reports. The man is said to be an Italian national. | |
Police are now investigating if the two shootings were linked. | |
They say the murders may be connected to drugs-trafficking in the town, where African immigrants have recently begun dealing autonomously, Ansa says. | |
The Casalesi clan - one of the most feared groups in the Camorra, is believed to be controlling drug-trafficking and prostitution in the region. |
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