Don't boost Brusca book says dissolved in acid boy brother

Presentation only serves to reopen painful wounds

By: ansa.it

Sep 30 2024
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Don't boost Brusca book says d

The brother of a 14-year-old boy strangled and dissolved in acid by Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca in January 1996 on Monday told ANSA the media should stop publicising a new book on the former Cosa Nostra chieftain.
    "We must not give more visibility to the men of Cosa Nostra who have tormented the territory by blocking its development and bringing pain and death", said Nicola Di Matteo, whose brother Giuseppe was kidnapped in a bid to stop their father collaborating with police.
    Giuseppe Di Matteo was abducted aged 12 on November 23, 1993 on the orders of Giovanni Brusca, and fellow bosses Matteo Messina Denaro and Leoluca Bagarella, a kidnapping to make his father, Santino Di Matteo, recant after he had begun to collaborate with Italian justice.
    "These demonstrations like the presentation of Giovanni Brusca's book only serve to reopen painful wounds in those who have lost their loved ones", said Nicola Di Matteo, whose brother was killed on January 11, 1996, at the age of 14, after 779 days in captivity.