Grudges and feuds, war between the pavilions of Zen 2 in Palermo
Old and new recruits would face off to establish who is in charge after the anti-mafia raid with 181 arrests
These are no longer random or localized events but a trail of violence that seems to respond to a very specific logic. Gunshots, stabbings and fires at the Zen in Palermo: all in the space of a few days, as if an underground war had been triggered for control of the territory, probably to reaffirm control over drug dealing areas and the clandestine betting ring. The maxi-blitz, which landed 181 people in prison, left a power vacuum and now someone is apparently trying to fill it. The latest episode dates back to yesterday, when about twenty gunshots were fired at the shutter of a garage in Via Fausto Coppi. A few meters away the carabinieri found some ammunition hidden in a manhole, further evidence of a climate of growing tension. The place hit by the buckshot is thought to be linked to a woman close to one of those arrested in the carabinieri anti-mafia operation. The hypothesis is that it could be a warning or a message - very clear indeed - sent by someone who is trying to reorganize the business after the beheading of the gang.
