Italian prosecutor: Italian mafia killed 2 children in Rome

The prosecutor for Italy’s southern province of Lombardy has issued a death warrant for the head of a Mafia-linked criminal group for the killings of two children.

The prosecutor, Giuseppe Fortunato, issued the order in an email to the regional governor on Tuesday, saying that the crimes committed by the two boys could not be overlooked.

Fortunato wrote that he “will continue to prosecute all those involved in the crime” and that he will “act quickly” if the state of Lombardia requests a court order to put the two brothers behind bars.

The case is one of several involving mobsters and children in Lombardy that have sparked international outrage.

The men, both in their teens, were found dead last month in a house they shared with other mobsters in the affluent region of Piazza della Porta.

Investigators believe that the two children, both of whom were born in the late 1980s, were killed by a hit squad that took advantage of their friendship and family ties.

The two boys’ bodies were found by a family member on the outskirts of the city.