Naples. It was supposed to be just a warning and not a murder but the numerous bullets that hit him in the legs severed his femoral artery causing copious blood loss that led to his death.
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For the ambush that cost the life of Rocco Tomaselli, 32, investigators have identified a dual motive. The most popular lead is precisely the one that leads to the clash that has now been going on for 20 years between the Contini clan and Mazzarella to which the victim belonged.
Tomaselli had been the regent of the group for some time New houses, an area that moves business worth millions of euros a month thanks to extortion, drugs and money laundering. It was linked to the Cardarelli and Barrel.
Rocco 'o burdell should not have died
Another lead instead leads to an internal 'warning' within the gang and is linked to the fact that the hitmen hit the victim in the legs and buttocks, aiming six times with three hits hitting the target. In practice, the man was only supposed to be shot in the legs, probably because the Mazzarellas wanted to punish him for some slight, but the wounds were more serious than expected.
According to the indications coming from the investigations of the Flying Squad, the young boss known as Rocco O' Burdell due to his exuberant and brash character he had come into conflict with some criminal families of the Spanish Neighborhoods in turn linked to the Mazzarellas themselves. And for this he had to be punished.
Sifting through his phone to figure out his contacts
The agents of the mobile team of Napoli they are combing through the victim's latest movements, and especially the phone: traffic, chats, text messages. To understand his contacts and whether by reading his data it is possible to understand why his punishment was decided. Punishment which then turned into murder.
Article published on 28 January 2023 - 07:57
