Circonvallazione massacre

The
Circonvallazione massacre, in
Italian ''Strage della Circonvallazione'', was a
Cosa Nostra attack that took place on June 16, 1982 on the
Palermo ring road.
The attack was directed against Catanese
boss Alfio Ferlito, who was being transferred from
Enna to the
Trapani jail, and died with the three escort
carabinieri (Salvatore Raiti, Silvano Franzolin and Luigi Di Barca) and the 22-year-old Giuseppe Di Lavore, the driver of the private company tasked with the transportation of prisoners, who had replaced his father.
The mandators of this massacre were
Salvatore Riina and
Bernardo Provenzano, in favor to
Nitto Santapaola, who was in a year-long war with Ferlito for the dominance in the city of
Catania territory.
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