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Sicilian mafia planned to murder investigative reporter

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) hails the action of the Italian police in thwarting a mafia plot to murder the journalist Paolo Borrometi “to put a stop his reporting.” A specialist in covering the mafia, Borrometi has been getting police protection for years because he is target of frequent threats. From wiretaps, the police learned that a mafia clan in Sicily was making detailed plans to use explosives to kill both Borrometi and his police bodyguard when he visited Sicily in May for a number

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