A lone Italian gunman has wounded six African immigrants after a two-hour drive-by shooting spree in the city of Macerata, Italy.
By James Simons-
#Macerata È italiano il presunto autore della sparatoria fermato dalle Forze dell'Ordine. Uno dei feriti è stato sottoposto ad intervento chirurgico pic.twitter.com/xx2AcZwI2w
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Macerata mayor, Romano Carancini, confirmed that six foreigners- all black- were wounded in the shooting spree, one with life-threatening injuries.
The deadly targeting of foreigners in Italy has become more common recently following
“They were all of colour, this is obviously a grave fact. As was grave what happened to Pamela. The closeness of the two events makes you imagine there could be a connection,” Carancini said.
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The shooting suspect was identified as Luca Traini, a 28-year-old Italian with no previous record. Traini had run as a candidate for the anti-migrant Northern League party in a local election last year in the city of Corridonia but was unsuccessful. He would have been a dangerous leader, had he won.
The news was circulated by newspaper il Resto di Carlino, which featured a man with an Italian flag draped over his shoulders, as he was arrested by armed Carabinieri officers in the city centre. The perpetrator fled his car on foot but was caught by police.
This horrific shooting comes days after the killing of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro by a Nigerian suspect. in the wake of a tense electoral campaign in Italy where there is a strong resentment against foreigners because of an influx of migrant arrivals detested by many Italians. The level of violence being used shows how barbaric some of these Italians can be.
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Italy is a popular destination for many Europeans, but foreigners will now be wary of visiting Italy, let alone wanting to reside there.The Italian government needs to speak out against the deadly use of force by citizens.
Anti-migrant Northern League leader, Matteo Salvini, has exploited the hostile mood against foreigners, using the killing in campaign appearances to assure his supporters that he will deport 150,000 migrants in his first year in office if his party wins control of parliament, and he is giving the premier post he badly craves.
Salvini will have many supporters among those who agree with his ideology.
Any deportation of migrants will be illegal unless he has lawful grounds to do so.
Macerata mayor Romano Carancini confirmed that six foreigners, all black, were wounded in the shooting spree, one with life-threatening injuries.
“They were all of colour, this is obviously a grave fact. As was grave what happened to Pamela. The closeness of the two events makes you imagine there could be a connection,” he said.
The teenager’s dismembered remains were found on Wednesday in two suitcases two days after she walked away from a drug rehab community. A judge on Saturday confirmed the arrest of the main suspect, identified as 29-year-old Innocent Oseghale.
The Italian news agency ANSA reported that the black car used in Saturday’s shooting spree had been seen in the area where the woman’s body was found and also near where the suspect lived. A video posted by il Resto di Carlino showed what appeared to be a body on the ground on a shopping street.
Police had warned residents to stay inside while the shootings were ongoing. Authorities halted public transport and said students must be kept inside schools, which are open on Saturdays.
Italians vote in a general election on March 4 to elect a new government.
Mr Salvini’s League, which dropped the “northern” from its name in a bid for a national following, has joined a centre-right coalition with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and Giorgia Meloni’s much smaller Brothers of Italy. They are running against Matteo Renzi’s much-splintered Democratic Party and the populist 5-Star Movement.
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