02:18Italy: 'Justice served to victims'- Locals gather in Palermo to celebrate Italian mafia boss's arrest
Locals gathered outside the gates of the Regional Carabinieri Command in Palermo on Monday, during a press conference on the arrest of mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
A demonstration, including many young people, gathered to celebrate the actions of the law enforcement officers for their arrest. They chanted "Palermo is ours" and "It’s not Cosa Nostra", referring to the name of the Sicilian mafia.
"It is an important date for this region which has suffered more than all the victims of the mafia" said one local, Valerio. "This is also a moment in which justice is done for all the victims of the mafia."
"There is a joy but also a little bitterness in the mouth because, for thirty years, a person was free to do what he wanted. We had to wait until he was dying and stay that way", he continued.
Denaro, one of Italy’s most-wanted, was seen being arrested by police in Sicily on Monday, after 30 years on the run. He was sentenced to life in prison in abstentia in 2002 for his role in the murders of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
02:18Locals gathered outside the gates of the Regional Carabinieri Command in Palermo on Monday, during a press conference on the arrest of mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
A demonstration, including many young people, gathered to celebrate the actions of the law enforcement officers for their arrest. They chanted "Palermo is ours" and "It’s not Cosa Nostra", referring to the name of the Sicilian mafia.
"It is an important date for this region which has suffered more than all the victims of the mafia" said one local, Valerio. "This is also a moment in which justice is done for all the victims of the mafia."
"There is a joy but also a little bitterness in the mouth because, for thirty years, a person was free to do what he wanted. We had to wait until he was dying and stay that way", he continued.
Denaro, one of Italy’s most-wanted, was seen being arrested by police in Sicily on Monday, after 30 years on the run. He was sentenced to life in prison in abstentia in 2002 for his role in the murders of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.