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+++ Blood, gunshots and screams +++ Librino, the background to the shooting


There is a risk that yesterday’s shooting could trigger gory reactions. This is why investigations are also a race against time.

CATANIA – A group of motorcycles crossing each other, dozens of gunshots, some locals say, “It was a mess”. Two dead and four wounded. Librino falls back into the bloodiest times of feuds within organized crime groups.

The dead

Two were killed, Vincenzo Scalia, 29, a friend of the neo-melodic singer Niko Pandetta and Luciano D’Alessandro, 48. Two well-known guys in Librino. Four are injured.

the message

On facebook, the neo-melodic singer Niko Pandetta, nephew of the boss Turi Cappello, detained at 41 bis, dedicated a message to Vincenzo Scalia: “Rest in peace my life, worse news could not reach me. I still don’t believe it angel ”.

The motive

Was it a firefight or an ambush? The prosecutor is working to reconstruct every detail, putting back in line what was left, at Viale Grimaldi 18, after the shooting. Motorcycles and people on the ground, traces of blood with the possibility that someone has escaped. Contrasts of the past for the management, if any, of drug dealing squares or personal rivalries.

There is a risk that yesterday’s shooting could trigger gory reactions. For this reason, investigations are also a race against time, to defuse hatred and retaliation because in Librino and beyond, blood calls for blood.

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