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| Luca Scatà: rookie police officer who shot Berlin attack suspect | |
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| Luca Scatà always wanted to be a police officer, but the 29-year-old could not have imagined when he set off on a regular foot patrol in the early hours of Friday that he was about to come face-to-face with Europe’s most wanted man. | Luca Scatà always wanted to be a police officer, but the 29-year-old could not have imagined when he set off on a regular foot patrol in the early hours of Friday that he was about to come face-to-face with Europe’s most wanted man. |
| Scatà and his patrol partner, Cristian Movio, thought there was something suspicious about Anis Amri when they approached him near a train station in the working-class Sesto San Giovanni district of Milan and asked him for his identification. | Scatà and his patrol partner, Cristian Movio, thought there was something suspicious about Anis Amri when they approached him near a train station in the working-class Sesto San Giovanni district of Milan and asked him for his identification. |
| It was about 3am and Amri, the man suspected of having ploughed a lorry into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin five days earlier, killing 12 people, initially said he did not have any papers and that he was from Calabria. | It was about 3am and Amri, the man suspected of having ploughed a lorry into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin five days earlier, killing 12 people, initially said he did not have any papers and that he was from Calabria. |
| When the officers pressed him to show them his rucksack, Amri pulled out a gun, shooting Movio in the shoulder. Scatà fired twice in quick succession, sending the suspect to the ground. | When the officers pressed him to show them his rucksack, Amri pulled out a gun, shooting Movio in the shoulder. Scatà fired twice in quick succession, sending the suspect to the ground. |
| It was a quick response that may have saved lives, but it was not one born from years of experience. | It was a quick response that may have saved lives, but it was not one born from years of experience. |
| Scatà only joined the force in Sesto San Giovanni on 2 November and is still in a probationary period. He had spent the previous nine months in police training. | Scatà only joined the force in Sesto San Giovanni on 2 November and is still in a probationary period. He had spent the previous nine months in police training. |
| Within hours, the native of Canicattini Bagni, Sicily, was the subject of praise from Italy’s prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, who commended the two officers’ “courage and skills”; the German chancellor, Angela Merkel; and the Berlin police force, who thanked the officers for their support and wished Movio a speedy recovery. | Within hours, the native of Canicattini Bagni, Sicily, was the subject of praise from Italy’s prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, who commended the two officers’ “courage and skills”; the German chancellor, Angela Merkel; and the Berlin police force, who thanked the officers for their support and wished Movio a speedy recovery. |
| Grazie e pronta guarigione ai colleghi feriti.#Danke für die Unterstützumg & gute Besserung dem verletzten Kollegen. #Breitscheidplatz^yt https://t.co/pADRzz6Wym | Grazie e pronta guarigione ai colleghi feriti.#Danke für die Unterstützumg & gute Besserung dem verletzten Kollegen. #Breitscheidplatz^yt https://t.co/pADRzz6Wym |
| “My son simply did his job,” Scatà’s father, Pippo, told the Siracusa News. “We are proud of him. I don’t have other words to express how we feel.” | “My son simply did his job,” Scatà’s father, Pippo, told the Siracusa News. “We are proud of him. I don’t have other words to express how we feel.” |
| He also won accolades from his home town’s mayor, Paolo Amenta. “We are very proud of Luca,” Amenta told the Guardian. “He is an amazing man and he was very, very brave. Since he was little, his dream was to be a cop. We hope to see him soon in Sicily.” | He also won accolades from his home town’s mayor, Paolo Amenta. “We are very proud of Luca,” Amenta told the Guardian. “He is an amazing man and he was very, very brave. Since he was little, his dream was to be a cop. We hope to see him soon in Sicily.” |