A Puglia mafioso posed as a 'pentito' (repentant informant) in order to get close to a Lecceanti-mafia prosecutor and cut her throat, police said Thursday after the attempt failed.
The man, 42-year-old Pancrazio Carrino, wanted to kill CarmenRuggiero, 40, who led a probe codenamed The Wolf that dismantled the Lamendola-Cantanna clan last July.
Ruggiero got some 22 suspects arrested.
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