25 - 31 January 2018
School shooting shocker A MAN has been shot dead in broad daylight outside a school in Beniajan, Spanish media said. According to reports, the victim stopped in his car near Los Granaous school, before a young man approached the vehicle, broke the glass and shot the man three times. The 36-year-old victim was killed in the El Bojal district at around 11.30am on Tuesday morning, reports say. One witness reportedly said the alleged killer was wearing a hood and ran away after the shooting. On Tuesday, Guardia Civil were taking samples and testimonies as they began their investigation. They were also reportedly trying to ascertain the identity of the victim and whether he owned the car. However, local reports have suggested that the victim is a Romanian father living in the area. Pictures of the incident show emergency services at the scene, surrounding a silver estate car - which appears to be a Renault - in a narrow street. Grainy footage shows forensic investigators entering the cordoned off area on Calle Principe Felipe and significant police activity by the motionless car, which has both doors ajar.
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Italian job Top mafia boss arrested in Spain by Harrison Jones An Italian mafia chief on the run for 25 years has been arrested in Alicante, reports say. Fausto Pellegrinetti is reportedly charged with money laundering and cocaine trafficking to the tune of 550 kilogrammes. He had escaped Italian house arrest in October 1993, before police tracked him to a luxury penthouse in Alicante and arrested him on Sunday, at around 2pm. Police suspect him of living under a false identity in the city for several years. They say he is also known as ‘Franco’ or ‘Enrico.’ Believed to be an import a n t f i g u r e i n R o m e ’s mafia - notably the ‘La Magliana’ ring - he had already been sentenced to 13 years in prison. He is also reportedly associated with
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ARRESTED: The mafia man on Sunday. the Marsigliesi, Bereng u e r, Bellicini and Bergamelli clans. A joint investigation by Spanish and Italian police into the ring led them to Pellegrinetti, who they believe has remained active in the criminal underworld for decades.
Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, police spokesperson Luigi Silipo told reporters: “Fausto Pellegrinetti is a person who represents 50/60 years of criminal history of Rome. He is the first Roman criminal that was declared wanted.”
Fleet rocked by short stocks TORREVIEJA’S fishing industry is on tenterhooks after a dismal start to January saw catches fall by nearly 40 per cent, according to reports in the Spanish media. Just over 30,000 kilos of anchovies and sardines were reportedly caught and sold in the first half of this month, compared to 120,000
throughout January 2017. A Patron of the Fishermen’s Association, Pedro Carmona Perez, suggested sardine stocks seemed particularly scarce. Other representatives from the organisation have also reported the virtual disappearance of sardines from the area, media reports say.
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