A 42-year-old former
Calabrina local election candidate, Matteo Vinci, died at
Limbadi near Vibo Valentia in Calabria as the car he was driving
blew up because of a bomb on Monday.
Carabinieri said the bomb, in the car boot, was remotely
activated.
Vinci's 70-year-old father Vincenzo was seriously injured in
the blast.
He is fighting for his life in hospital.
Vinci, a former medicines salesman, was a candidate in a
civic list in the last town council elections.
Police on Tuesday arrested a 'Ndrangheta mafia-linked man who
publicly quarrelled with Vinci in 2014, 71-year-old Domenico Di
Grillo.
Di Grillo, the husband of clan chieftains' sister Rosaria
Mancuso, was arrested on charges of illegally possessing arms
and munitions.
Vinci's mother Rosaria Scarpulla said the family would not be
intimidated.
"We're not scared," she said.
"We've been fighting the Mancusos for years to have our
rights," she said.
Local anti-mafia prosecutors said the "response of the Satte
will be strong".
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