From the apparent calm to the risk of a new Mafia war. Why the murder of Lello Capriati can blow the balance

He was convicted of the murder of 15-year-old Michele Fazio. The killers used a revolver, maybe they were on a motorcycle.

For a long period, shootings, ambushes and murders in Bari seemed to be a distant memory, but the balance between the Mafia's thighs now seems broken. For a long period, shootings, ambushes and murders in Bari seemed to be a distant memory, but the balance between the Mafia's thighs now seems broken.

An ambush with gunfire while in the car. This is how Raffaele 'Lello' Capriati, son of Sabino and grandson of Tonino Capriati, one of Bari's bosses, was killed. This is the same mafia clan that ended up in the newspapers in recent days, after the controversy that exploded due to the anecdote told by the former mayor Michele Emiliano, during an demonstration of solidarity with the current first citizen of the Apulian capital Antonio Decaro. The m…

Raffaelle 'Lello' Capriati, nephew of Tonino Capriati, historical boss of the homonymous old Bari mafia clan, was released from prison at the end of August 2022 after serving 17 years for competing in the killing of Michele Fazio, the 16-year-old killed by mistake in old Bari on 12 July 2001.

In an ambush carried out with several gunshots, Raffaelle “Lello” Capriati, son of Sabino and grandson of Tonino Capriati, the latter historical boss, was killed in Bari...

In an ambush carried out with several gunshots, Raffaelle 'Lello' Capriati, son of Sabino and grandson of Tonino Capriati, the latter historical boss of the homonymous Mafia clan of old Bari, was killed this evening in Bari. The crime was committed in the Torre a Mare district. Capriati was taken to the Bari Polyclinic where he died. On site, men from the mobile team of the Bari Police Headquarters, coordinated by the DDA, are at work. Capriati …