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Costanzo Apice, Suspected Camorra Hitman, Arrested Over CCTV Killing (VIDEO)

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

Police in Naples, Italy have arrested a suspect in a killing last May that was caught on Closed-Circuit Television. Frustrated with a lack of leads, Naples police released a video of the suspected mob hit last month, in hopes of enlisting the public to help identify the shooter.

The BBC reports:

Police did not immediately give details about how the suspect, identified as Costanzo Apice, was detained.

It was not immediately clear whether releasing the video footage had helped them find the suspect.

Even by the mafia's brutal standards, the killing of a man smoking a cigarette outside a central Naples bar in broad daylight was shocking in its ruthlessness.

But perhaps more disturbing is the reaction of witnesses, who can be seen in a video that has been released by Naples prosecutors in an unprecedented step to try and to find the killer. As the Camorra hitman dispatches his victim with clinical efficiency, a bystander casually checks her lottery scratch card and walks away. Others peer at the body and continue about their business as if the shooting was a normal part of daily life.



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Police in Naples, Italy have arrested a suspect in a killing last May that was caught on Closed-Circuit Television. Frustrated with a lack of leads, Naples police released a video of the suspected mob...
Police in Naples, Italy have arrested a suspect in a killing last May that was caught on Closed-Circuit Television. Frustrated with a lack of leads, Naples police released a video of the suspected mob...
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