Six mafiosi arrested in plot to kill Italian interior minister Angelino Alfano

Italian police arrested six members of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra mafia as part of an inquiry that uncovered a threat to kill interior minister Angelino Alfano.

The arrests were made in a dawn raid in Corleone.

Telephone wiretaps recorded members of the gang talking about an attack on the Sicily-born minister, Palermo prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi said. One suspect was allegedly recorded saying: “If it’s all agreed, we’ll hit him, right in the head.”