Duisburg massacre suspect caught

Italian police today arrested a wanted gang leader believed to be part of an organised crime clan involved in the massacre of six people in Germany last summer.

Paolo Nirta, 31, was picked up at a house in San Luca, southern Italy. He is wanted on charges of Mafia association.

Nirta’s family was involved in a feud that led to the killing of the six Italians outside a restaurant in Duisburg, Germany.

The feud, involving two rival families, drew international attention to the ’ndrangheta, a crime syndicate based in the southern region of Calabria.

Some investigators say it is now more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia.