The legendary film The Godfather will have forever immortalised the image of the mafia in the minds of people the world over. And the scene of the horse head probably brings shivers down the spine of anyone who has seen it. While on Italian shores the mafia exists in varying degrees of fantasy and reality compared to the film, a rather disturbing episode has just happened in the town of Ostuni, Salento.

A decapitated horse head and two rifle catridges have been left on the landing of the Vice-mayor’s office. The macabre gesture has been aimed at Vincenzo Pomes, engineer by profession, but vice mayor and personnel officer at the council. While it is unclear who the perpetrator is, the “mafia” around these parts called the Sacra Corona Unita or United Sacred Crown.

As if straight from a film, there was a whole dagger-in-the-dark scene to played out with an anonymous phone call to the Carabinieri who were invited to the vice-mayor’s office as a “small gift” had been left for him.

The horse head had apparently been decapitated by a professional and has lead to investigations throughout the various butcheries of the city. Horse meat is a normal dish in Italy and it is likely the head was a discard from a butchery possibly still selling the rest of the meat.

Police are also pursuing the avenue, however, that the head comes from a clandestine butchery operation and are investigating accordingly. There is no indication as yet as to why the vice-mayor has been so viciously targeted or whether it is even a kind of sick joke, but what is certain is that someone has taken their inspiration from The Godfather film. A particularly disturbing thought…

Via | Corriere della sera

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