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Chiara Fiorillo

Brother of boy, 12, dissolved in acid by Mafia boss speaks out after his capture

A man whose brother was dissolved in acid under the orders of Matteo Messina Denaro has spoken out after the Mafia boss was arrested in Sicily yesterday.

Nicola Di Matteo's brother Giuseppe was kidnapped in 1993 in an attempt to blackmail his father into not giving evidence against the Mafia, Italian prosecutors said.

The 12-year-old boy was held in captivity for two years before he was strangled and dissolved in acid.

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