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Mafia strike under nose of paratroopers

By Guy Dinmore, reporting from Naples and Reggio Calabria

Published: October 14 2008 18:01 | Last updated: October 14 2008 18:01

Even Italy’s crack Folgore paratroopers could not save 60-year-old Stanislao Cantelli from the Mafia.

Two days after Silvio Berlusconi, centre-right prime minister, sent 500 troops to reinforce police in the Naples area after a spate of killings, the Mafia delivered their blunt response.

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