Italy investigates possible mistaken-identity killing of scientist in Colombia

Rome prosecutors expected to send team to Santa Marta where body of Alessandro Coatti was found dismembered

Prosecutors in Rome have opened an investigation into the murder of an Italian scientist in Colombia, with one theory being that he could have been killed by warring criminal clans in a case of mistaken identity.

Alessandro Coatti, who until late last year worked at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) in London, was last seen leaving a hostel in Santa Marta, a port city on the Caribbean coast, on 3 April.

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