The authorities are making the arrangements for the post-mortem procedures and the area where an autopsy will be performed on his body by Chieti University experts has been sealed off.
A special route is being prepared to make it possible to move Messina Denaro’s body in secrecy and some parts of the hospital have been cleared for this purpose.
The Cosa Nostra boss, who had colon cancer, had been in the hospital since August 8 after being admitted due to a deterioration in his condition.
Before that he had been held at L’Aquila’s maximum-security prison under the tough 41 bis since January 17, the day after he was arrested at a Palermo clinic following 30 years on the run.
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