Gunman Shoots Two Policemen In Rome As New Government Sworn In
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If Italy’s new prime minister, Enrico Letta, had even the slightest doubt about the difficult task awaiting him, they were dispelled by a dramatic shoot-out yesterday in front of government house, Palazzo Chigi, in central Rome.
Even as the Letta cabinet ministers were being sworn in yesterday morning by President Giorgio Napolitano, an unemployed man was opening fire on two security policemen outside Palazzo Chigi.
After he had walked into Piazza Colonna in front of the prime minister’s office, 49-year-old unemployed builder Luigi Preiti was stopped by security police.
When he was told he could proceed no further, he opened fire with a small Beretta revolver. He seriously injured two policemen while causing minor injuries to a pregnant woman, her husband and child.
When Preiti had fired all six bullets in his gun, he was overwhelmed by other policemen, thrown to the ground, handcuffed and arrested. Neither of the injured policemen incurred life-threatening injuries, but one was shot in the throat while the other had his leg broken.
All the initial indications would suggest that Preiti is very much a child of these “austerity” times in Italy.
Originally from the ’Ndrangheta-infested town of Rosarno in Calabria, Preiti moved north to Alessandria in Piedmont for work more than 20 years ago.
In the last two years, he has had serious problems, the failure of his small building business and the break-up of his marriage, two disasters which prompted him to move back to Rosarno to live with his parents.
After he had walked into Piazza Colonna in front of the prime minister’s office, 49-year-old unemployed builder Luigi Preiti was stopped by security police.
When he was told he could proceed no further, he opened fire with a small Beretta revolver. He seriously injured two policemen while causing minor injuries to a pregnant woman, her husband and child.
When Preiti had fired all six bullets in his gun, he was overwhelmed by other policemen, thrown to the ground, handcuffed and arrested. Neither of the injured policemen incurred life-threatening injuries, but one was shot in the throat while the other had his leg broken.
All the initial indications would suggest that Preiti is very much a child of these “austerity” times in Italy.
Originally from the ’Ndrangheta-infested town of Rosarno in Calabria, Preiti moved north to Alessandria in Piedmont for work more than 20 years ago.
In the last two years, he has had serious problems, the failure of his small building business and the break-up of his marriage, two disasters which prompted him to move back to Rosarno to live with his parents.
