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Circonvallazione massacre
Sicilian Mafia kills five in 1982 attack on Palermo ring road / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Circonvallazione massacre, in Italian Strage della Circonvallazione, is a Cosa Nostra attack that took place on June 16, 1982 on the Palermo ring road. The attack was directed against Catanese boss Alfio Ferlito, who was transferred from Enna to the Trapani jail, and died with the three escort carabinieri (Salvatore Raiti, Silvano Franzolin and Luigi Di Barca) and the 22-year-old Giuseppe Di Lavore, the driver of the private company that had the transportation of prisoners, who had replaced his father. The mandators of this massacre were Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, in favor to Nitto Santapaola, who was in a year-long war with Ferlito for the predominance on the city of Catania territory.[1]
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Location | Via Ugo La Malfa, Palermo, Italy |
Date | June 16, 1982 10:00 am |
Target | Alfio Ferlito |
Attack type | Shooting |
Weapon | AK-47 Assault rifles and 12 gauge shotguns |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 1 |
Perpetrator | Giuseppe Greco, Antonino Madonia, Giovanni Brusca, Calogero Ganci, Mario Prestifilippo, Giuseppe Lucchese, Francesco Paolo Anzelmo and Salvatore Cucuzza |
Motive | Elimination of opponents of the Corleonesi (Second Mafia War) |
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