Italian investigators are investigating a mob link to the recent killing of six Italian men in Germany, ANSA news agency reported Thursday.
The victims, aged between 16 and 38, were gunned down early Wednesday in the German city of Guisburg after they left a birthday party at an Italian restaurant.
Investigators told the press that the victims were linked to the so-called San Luca feud within the Calabria crime syndicate 'Ndrangheta, involving the Nirta-Strangio and Vottari-Pelle families.
Investigators said Marco Marmo, one of the victims, was a suspect in the murder of Maria Strangio last Christmas. Strangio was the wife of reputed clan leader Giovanni Nirta, who escaped unharmed from the attack which left his wife dead.
The other victims were Francesco Giorgi, who would have turned 18 later this month, brothers Francesco and Marco Pergola, 22 and 20 respectively, and Sebastiano Strangio, 39, a co-owner of Da Bruno.
The rival Nirta-Strangio and Vottari-Pelle families have been feuding since a 1991 Valentine's day brawl.
Italian police on Thursday searched some 50 homes in San Luca in a bid to avert a revenge for Wednesday's killing.
Authorities are still investigating other possible leads.
Source: Xinhua
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