San Pietro di Caridà (Reggio Calabria), 8 April 2024 – Un 24 year old worker, Domenico Oppedisanowas killed by rifle shots in the locality of Prateria and San Pietro di Caridà, in the Reggio area.
From the first news, the man was working when he was hit by shots fired by unknown persons. The police are operating on site to try to reconstruct the dynamics and identify the motive for the murder. At the moment no hypothesis is excluded. According to initial information, the victim had a clean criminal record.
The murder was committed in a countryside area. Oppedisano was rescued but he is died during transport to Polistena hospital. From the initial investigations, according to what was learned, in addition to having a clean criminal record, the victim did not appear to have had any relations or acquaintances with organized crime environments.
Domenico Oppedisano, the agricultural worker killed this morning in the Prateria area of San Pietro di Caridà, in the Reggio area, was the victim of a real ambush. In fact, according to the reconstruction made by the police, the man was reached by some rifle shots loaded with buckshotfired by one or more people stationed on the side of the farm road that the victim was traveling on board his Fiat Panda. Oppedisano was on his way to work when he was shot and shot in the neck and chest. Someone nearby has heard the sound of shots and rescued the man by trying to take him to the Polistena hospital but the young man died on the way. The manner of the ambush suggests a murder by the ‘Ndrangheta but at the moment the investigators are not saying anything because the victim had no criminal record. To try to understand if Oppedisano could have entered into conflict with someone and reconstruct his last hours of life, the carabinieri and the deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Palmi Santo Melidona the victim’s father and brothers are speaking.
