Italian police on Wednesday placed
three people under investigation for insulting President Sergio
Mattarella on social media.
The trio were named as Manlio Cassarà, Michele Calabrese and
Eloisa Zanrosso.
Dozens of other insults and threats against Mattarella are
being examined.
Mattarella has been accused of scotching a League-Five Star
government by rejecting its anti-euro economy minister.
Cassarà wrote on Facebook "they killed the wrong Mattarella"
referring to the president's older brother, Piersanti, gunned
down by Cosa Nostra when he was Sicilian regional president in
1980.
Calabrese wrote a similar phrase, while Zanrosso wrote "they
killed your brother, wasn't that enough for you?".
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