Mafia message in Italian football. A calf’s scalp, hanging on the fence of a club president’s house

Act of intimidation against Giovanni Di Mauro, president of the football team Acireale (Serie D). A calf scalp was hung on the fence post of his house. The incident dates back to the night of Easter Sunday, and the one to whom it was intended found the horns hanging menacingly the next day.

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Unknown persons left a calf scalp tied with a knotted rope in front of the manager’s house. The gruesome incident was revealed by the club itself, which wrote in a statement that this “the vile, mob-tinged act is the latest in a long line of very serious incidents against owner Giovanni Di Mauro, following the vile demonstration organized on Sunday 29 March after the match against Sambiase“.

The act was reportedly motivated by anger at the team’s run of poor results over the past 18 months.

The club also claims that “has always sought dialogue, even during the most difficult periods of protest, but has received a firm refusal and in fact an escalation of harassment, intimidation and mob behavior against himThe authorities launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators.

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