Berlusconi investigated for involvement in 1993 mafia bombings
Rome — Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi is under investigation for alleged involvement in mafia bombings that terrorised the country in 1993, the former prime minister’s lawyer said Tuesday. Prosecutors in Florence opened the probe after a mafia boss was caught on a wiretap last year implying to a fellow inmate that the media magnate had urged him personally to commit acts of violence against the state. It is the third time that the former premier has been investigated for a possible role in the mafia bombings in Rome, Milan and Florence that killed 10 people. The first two probes were dismissed due to lack of evidence. The attacks were seen as revenge for the arrest of boss Totò Riina and the state’s creation of harsh anti-mafia laws. Giuseppe Graviano, serving life for his part in the bombings as well as the murder of two anti-mafia judges and an anti-mafia priest, claimed Berlusconi encouraged the violence for his own political ends, hoping to oust the old guard. The aging billionaire’s...
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