Text: By. Jaymi Mccann. PUBLISHED:. 20:07 EST, 27 May 2013. |. UPDATED:. 03:06 EST, 28 May 2013. Senior Italian officials and ten mafia bosses appeared in court yesterday accused of making deals to stop mob murders in the 1990s. The trial will attempt to expose a scandalous period in Italy’s history using evidence from Mafia informants. It was held in a secret bunker court house near Palermo, reported The Daily telegraph. Aide to Berlusconi, Marcello Dell Utri (left) and former Interior minister  Nicola Mancino (right) are accused of negotiating with the Mafia. Former interior minister Nicola Mancino and Marcello Dell’Utri, an aid to Silvio Berlusconi, have been charged. They went to court alongside the jailed Cosa Nostra boss, Toto Riina. There are 1,788 witnesses expected to give evidence, including Italian president Giorgio Napolitano. Former mob boss Salvatore Toto Riina has also been charged with the offence. It is alleged that politicians arranged for negotiations between Mafia bosses and the police to halt a series of bombings in mainland Italy. They were also attempting to stop the murder of two anti-Mafia magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borselino in 1992. In return, the Mafia sought relaxed prison sentences for jailed Mafia members. Also accused is a former official with the Carabinieri parliamentary office, Mario Mori, who was allegedly a go-between for the police. Mafia informant Gaspare Spatuzza slaimed that Mr Berlusconi had discussed a halt to the bombings with the mafia before he entered politics. Mr Dell’Utri also awaits the final verdict one a separate conviction related to ties with the Mafia. He has worked for Mr Berlusconi since the 1970s and it is claimed he was an intermediary between him and the Mafia. Mr Manciono said that he should not be tried alongside Mafia members: ‘I have always fought the Mafia, I cannot stay in the same trial where there are Mafioso.’ This year is the 20th anniversary of the attack on Florence in 1993. It has been alleged that Silvio Berlusconi entered into negotiations with the Mafia before he entered politics. The trial was held in Palermo, where some of the murders where reported to have been planned. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
Highlights: Politicians have gone to trial with ten Mafia bosses. Accused of negotiating with the mob to halt murders in the 1990s. It was held in a secret bunker court house near Palermo. The trial will attempt to expose a scandalous period in Italy’s history using evidence from Mafia informants.
in: Four English football fans were attacked in Italy on the eve of a game Thursday between Liverpool and Naples, Naples police told CNN. Two were stabbed and have been hospitalized with serious but not life-threatening conditions, police said. Two were beaten with sticks and one is hospitalized in serious condition, they said. The other one, who was attacked in a different incident, is not badly hurt. Three men have been arrested. Police blamed the attacks on "football fanaticism" and are looking for the other attackers, they said. An Italian restaurant owner also was attacked Wednesday night after confronting masked men who were harassing British tourists eating in his restaurant, police said Thursday. Tempers already were running high in Naples because tons of uncollected garbage is piling up, a result of landfills in the region being full. Police said security for Thursday's match pitting Liverpool against Serie A side Napoli is tighter than usual because of the garbage crisis. Liverpool Football Club warned supporters traveling to Italy for the Europa League match to "be careful, stick together and heed the safety advice printed on your ticket."
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Two Liverpool supporters are stabbed and two are beaten with sticks. An Italian man is injured defending British tourists. Police arrest three men and continue looking for others. Liverpool is set to play SSC Napoli Thursday night.