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Police are investigating whether a paedophile killed weeks after his release from prison was gunned down by hitmen hired by the father of his victims.

Giuseppe Matarazzo spent 11 years and six months behind bars after being convicted of sexually abusing two sisters while he was working as a priest in Italy.

One of the victims later hanged herself from a tree aged 15 in 2008, according to local media.

The body of Matarazzo, 45, from Naples, was reportedly found with five gunshot wounds in Frasso Telesino in July.

However it has now emerged that the victims' father is being investigated by police on suspicion of murder.

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Two other men, 30-year-old Generoso Nastam and Giuseppe Massaro, 55, are also under investigation, reports Caserta News.

Detectives found a car covered nearby and a 3.56 magnum pistol that led to the arrests.

Chief prosecutor Aldo Policastro also confirmed that it was a "hired crime".