2 policemen shot outside Italy premier's office
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April 29, 2013, Monday
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A PROSECUTOR said Italian politicians were the intended target of a gunman who shot and wounded two paramilitary policemen yesterday in a crowded square outside the premier's office in Rome.
The shooting took place shortly after 11:30am, just as Premier Enrico Letta and his Cabinet were taking their oaths at the Quirinal presidential office.
Reporters inside the Chigi Palace press office, about a kilometer away, heard the shots and raced outside. One of the two wounded Carabinieri officers lay on the pavement in the square outside the palace with blood pouring out of his neck. About 10 bullets littered the square next to the palace, which houses the offices of the premier and other government officials.
Italian news reports said the suspected gunman is Luigi Prieti, 49.
Rome Prosecutor Pierfilippo Laviani said he had questioned the alleged assailant, who was taken to a hospital with bruises after being wrestled to the ground by other police in the square. He said the man "confessed everything" and didn't appear mentally unbalanced. He said the "desperate" gunman had "lost work, had lost everything."
He said the man "wanted to shoot politicians, but given that he couldn't reach any, he shot the Carabinieri" police.
Sky TG24 TV quoted the man's brother as saying the alleged attacker had lost his job in a construction firm and was upset over marital problems.
Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said a third person, a woman who was passing by, was also injured. It was unclear how, but the shooting caused panic in the square as people tried to flee.
Rome was jammed yesterday with people enjoying a warm sunny morning.
The shooting took place shortly after 11:30am, just as Premier Enrico Letta and his Cabinet were taking their oaths at the Quirinal presidential office.
Reporters inside the Chigi Palace press office, about a kilometer away, heard the shots and raced outside. One of the two wounded Carabinieri officers lay on the pavement in the square outside the palace with blood pouring out of his neck. About 10 bullets littered the square next to the palace, which houses the offices of the premier and other government officials.
Italian news reports said the suspected gunman is Luigi Prieti, 49.
Rome Prosecutor Pierfilippo Laviani said he had questioned the alleged assailant, who was taken to a hospital with bruises after being wrestled to the ground by other police in the square. He said the man "confessed everything" and didn't appear mentally unbalanced. He said the "desperate" gunman had "lost work, had lost everything."
He said the man "wanted to shoot politicians, but given that he couldn't reach any, he shot the Carabinieri" police.
Sky TG24 TV quoted the man's brother as saying the alleged attacker had lost his job in a construction firm and was upset over marital problems.
Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said a third person, a woman who was passing by, was also injured. It was unclear how, but the shooting caused panic in the square as people tried to flee.
Rome was jammed yesterday with people enjoying a warm sunny morning.
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