RAGUSA – A 60-year-old man was injured this morning by a bullet in the countryside of Vittoria (Ragusa). The injured man was taken to hospital in Vittoria and will be transferred to Ragusa hospital because he was apparently hit in the eye area and needs to be operated on. It would be an ambush because the victim is Roberto Di Martino, 62 years old, believed in the past to be a member of the Dominante – Carbonaro clan and arrested in the Squalo operation 30 years ago. He was then a justice collaborator and left the protection program in 2021.
The 62-year-old had just left his home, in the area near the Vittoria cemetery, when a man approached his car and wounded him with two gunshots that hit him in the neck and face. Di Martino managed to reach his brother-in-law’s house, not far away, and telephoned the police. Immediately rescued, he was transported to hospital. He is not in any danger to his life. The investigators have already collected the first statements from Di Martino, who then underwent surgery for his injuries.
Di Martino’s wounding is the second criminal incident in Vittoria this year. On 28 February, in the Colledoro area, near the hospital, Giovanni Russo was killed. Alex Ventura, also believed to be close to criminal circles, admitted to having carried out the murder. However, Ventura had declared that the murder was the result of “personal disagreements”, because in the past he had been threatened by Russo.
