Rome anti-crime priest victim of 'Mafia attack'

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 3 - A priest who has been fighting for years against crime and drug pushing in Rome has become the victim of a Mafia-like attack, Lazio security pointwoman Luisa Regimenti said Tuesday, voicing solidarity with the cleric.
    Lecce-born Don Antonio Coluccia, 49, was subjected, she said, to "a violent mafioso attack" in Rome's working class Quarticciolo district where he was leading an anti-crime march.
    Father Coluccia has been under police escort for several years due to his anti-drug trade battles in the outskirts of the Italian capital, in tough neighborhoods like Tor Bella Monaca.
    (ANSA).