32 suspected mafiosi arrested in feud blamed for German killings

POLICE arrested 32 suspected mafiosi yesterday and were hunting for eight others linked to a mob feud blamed for the execution-style killings of six Italians in Germany.

Camouflage-clad police, backed up by helicopters, swooped into the Calabrian mountain village of San Luca in southern Italy, the epicentre of a 16-year-old feud inside the ’Ndrangheta organised crime gang that has killed up to 20 people.

The latest six victims died on August 15 outside a pizzeria run by Calabrians in Duisburg, north-west Germany, where the gang is believed to be well established.