Sicilian Mafia Member Killed; Was on Trial

Two gunmen shot and killed a prominent member of a branch of the Sicilian Mafia operating in Turin today in what police said was a Mafia vendetta.

Police identified the victim as Santo Miano, 37, one of three brothers on trial in Turin for crimes committed by a transplanted Sicilian Mafia gang known as the Catania clan. Both of Miano’s brothers turned state’s evidence after their arrest and police said this apparently was the reason for Miano’s killing. He was shot as he left his car near where he worked.