Bandits Hunted In Sardinia
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) CAGLIARI (Sardinia), October 12.
Carabinieri yesterday mounted an intensive search for the bandits who on Tuesday kidnapped a leading Cagliari radiologist, Dr Giuseppe Deriu.
The bandits held up the 64-year-old doctor at gunpoint as he was driving home.
In the car with Dr Deriu was Mr Salvatore Sunda, a 43-year-old farmhand, who told the police that a gang of five or six masked men were involved, in the hold-up. The police released him, but ordered him not to report the kidnapping immediately. In spite of the efforts of 7000 carabinieri, soldiers and
police, the bandits on the island have carried out at least 11 kidnappings and over 30 murders this year.
The authorities have announced they are holding five men in connection with the murder of a Cagliari car dealer, Mr Gianni Picciau, shot dead in front of his house on August 24. In Rome, the Italian Parliament agreed to conduct an inquiry into Sardinian banditry.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19671013.2.100
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31499, 13 October 1967, Page 15
Word Count
161Bandits Hunted In Sardinia Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31499, 13 October 1967, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in