Mafia link in German shootings

August 15, 2007

Two mafia clans are fighting a turf war in the Italian town of San Luca, and the Italian Interior Minister said the German shooting appeared to have been provoked by a murder which took place in San Luca. Italian investigators said it was unprecedented for such a brazen attack to take place in a foreign country, and they fear there could now be an equally bloody reprisal by relatives of the victims.Joanna Partridge reports for Reuters