A man has died as Venice's bitter clam wars escalated to gang fighting and bloodshed. 
Claudio Carisi, 41, was stabbed during a battle between rival farmer gangs over the Lombard Canal in Chioggia, near Venice. 
The fight was believed to have started after the presidents of their respective co-operatives, Acquaviva
         
        
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