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Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 17:21 GMT 18:21 UK
“Six Italians shot dead in Germany”
“The identities of the victims have not yet been revealed”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Six Italian men have been shot dead near a train station in Duisburg, western Germany - an attack reports say could be linked to a criminal feud.
Five bodies were found in two cars outside an Italian restaurant, while a sixth man died on the way to hospital.
A German police spokesman said the victims, aged between 16 and 39, had all been shot in the head.
All six were linked to a clan involved in a long-running and deadly feud in Italy’s Calabria region, police said.
The dispute is known as the San Luca feud after the village where it began back in 1991.
This feud marks a second chapter outside the territory where these clans usually operate - this time even outside our national borders
Marco Minniti
Italian Deputy Interior Minister
Police sources said all six men were linked to the notoriously violent Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta crime group.
Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said one of the victims was thought to be one of those originally involved in the San Luca dispute.
“This man probably feared that something could have happened to him, as it is reported he was looking for guns to protect himself before the shooting happened,” he said.
“It is very likely that he was caught by those who were seeking revenge against him, before the police got to him.”
Reports say the man who was taken to hospital did not say anything before he died.
Police appeal”
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3438327,00.html
Afghan, US forces assault al Qaeda in Tora Bora
Published: 08.16.07, 10:37 / Israel News
US and Afghan air and ground forces pounded al Qaeda militants for a second day on Thursday in the Tora Bora mountains close to the Pakistan border where Osama bin Laden once fled in the wake of the 2001 invasion.
The steep slopes of the mountains are riddled with cave and tunnel complexes built by Afghan and Arab fighters during the 1980s struggle against the Soviet occupation and provide an ideal hideout for guerrilla fighters. “It is a joint operation conducted by Afghan and US forces, divided by ground and air assets,” said Captain Vaness Bowman, spokeswoman for US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Reuters)