He was 65 years old: a protagonist of civil and cultural battles, he was a member of Libera, the anti-mafia association he had joined after the death of his father, the victim of an attack in Burgos.
He fell ill in front of the closed emergency medical service. After 25 minutes, the emergency medical service from Sorgono arrived, with only nurses: "He passed away without a doctor being able to save him."
The examination confirms the prosecutor's hypothesis: a brutal beating killed the 49-year-old man found dead in a canal in the town. Businessman Battista Manis is in custody.
It was the summer of 1985 and the magistrates, killed in the 1992 massacres, were preparing the maxi-trial that would have dealt a heavy blow to the mafia.
Serious deficiencies were detected by the firefighters. Melonian regional councilor Fausto Piga said: "Seven months ago, Director General Tidore's warning went unheeded."
The Cathedral of Sant'Antonio Abate was packed, with a crowd outside to pay their respects to the thirty-three-year-old woman killed by Emanuele Ragnedda.