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ROME — A Mafia fugitive who narrowly eluded arrest this week by fleeing though a small town’s sewer system was captured Wednesday as he scrambled across a rooftop in another daring escape bid, police said.

Investigators say mobster Giuseppe Setola masterminded a terror spree that has bloodied the Caserta area of southern Italy for several months in a power struggle within the Camorra crime syndicate.

With a reputation as a sharpshooting hitman, Setola, 38, has been convicted of murder and sentenced in absentia to life in prison. He escaped in the spring from house arrest, which was granted so he could recover from a purported eye problem.

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