The Mazovia Legacy (37 page)

ROME, Italy, March 14, 1996 (Newswire) – Police in Rome said on Thursday they had no clues as to who was behind an execution-style shooting of a man in broad daylight in a street not far from St. Peter's Square.

The dead man has been identified by police as Vincente Pino Tremonti, aged 36. He was shot three times in the upper body at close range by an unidentified assailant in Via Candia, police said.

Tremonti was found lying beside his car at 2:40 p.m. (1240 GMT) by a local resident. He was pronounced dead at the scene by ambulance workers.

The street was deserted in the quiet time after the lunch hour and police say no eyewitnesses have come forward with a description of the gunman.

One restaurateur in the Via Candia said he heard what he thought was an automobile backfiring as he was cleaning up after lunch, but he saw nothing.

One senior police investigator said privately that Tremonti may have been a former member of the powerful Vatican security service. That report could not be independently confirmed.

Vatican officials refused comment on the killing, referring all inquiries to the Rome police.

by Fraser J. Harrelson,
Tribune
Media Writer April 23, 1996

MONTREAL – One of Canada's leading investigative journalists, Montreal's own Francis Delaney, is leaving his post as a senior feature writer at
Forum
magazine to take an extended sabbatical and consider other career options, the
Tribune
has learned.

A senior editor at
Forum
yesterday confirmed the rumour that had been circulating among media watchers since last week. When contacted subsequently, Delaney, who is 44, said he wanted to take “at least a couple of years” away from journalism after a career which sent him on difficult assignments to many of the world's trouble spots.

He has spent much of the last year on various assignments in Europe, including coverage of the November 1995 presidential elections in Poland. He has only recently returned from another European trip.

In addition to his reporting work over the years, Delaney has written two well-received books on political topics.

Delaney refused to say whether he intended to return to the media after his sabbatical. He said his immediate goal was to take a sailboat journey through the Caribbean islands and “forget about everything for a while.”

He has purchased a 30-foot sailboat, which he will take delivery of next month in Key West, Florida. Delaney said he had named the boat
Natalia
.