Mafia shooting victims 'to have church funerals'

The bodies of three of the six victims of last week’s Mafia killings in Germany have arrived in Italy, as authorities debated how to handle security at the funerals amid fears of new mob violence.

Officials decided late yesterday that the families could have church funerals for the victims, as they had requested, but said they could not have the traditional procession of caskets through San Luca to the cemetery, the ANSA and Apcom news agencies reported.