Suspected mobsters, eye-witnesses killed in Puglia

(ANSA) - San Marco in Lamis, August 9 - A suspected mafia clan boss and his brother-in-law were shot dead in San Marco in Lamis, near the southern city of Foggia, on Wednesday along with two other people who were probably eye-witnesses to the hit.
Mario Luciano Romito, the 50-year-old leader of a group that is said to be at war with the Libergolis clan in the Gargano area of Puglia, was found dead in a Volkswagen Beetle. Romito's brother-in-law, driver Matteo De Palma, was also killed, investigative sources said. The two other victims may have been farmers as the van they were traveling contained farm tools. The 'commando' of four or five gunmen that carried out the hit is thought to have chased down the van after murdering the men in the Beetle.
One of the men in the van was found dead at the scene while the other died of his injuries in hospital.

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Italy is to send nearly 200 police reinforcements to the southern region,it will include a specialist unit of The Hunters, helicopter-borne troops who have been used in the past to hunt down gangsters in Sardinia and Calabria. Surveillance will be provided by satellites and drones.

The police in Italy hopes to have resolved a fourfold murder with the arrest of two men. A man who was murdered in Amsterdam in October 2017 was also considered a suspect of the murders. This has been reported by the international justice organization Eurojust.
The violence took place in circles of the Italian mafia. The quadruple murder was committed on August 9, 2017 near Apricena, located in the southeastern province of Foggia.
In the Amsterdam case, the police quickly picked up a suspect. This man, also Italian, made a confession in Amsterdam. He also told the police about the victim's involvement, the 44-year-old Saverio Tucci. The body of Tucci was found at the time in the trunk of a car in Amsterdam-West. He had already survived an attack on his life in 2012.
Italy has asked for the extradition of the suspect of the murder of Tucci. Eurojust formed the link between the Italian and Dutch investigations.