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| Luca Traini, 28, said to show no remorse over two-hour attack in Macerata that injured six | Luca Traini, 28, said to show no remorse over two-hour attack in Macerata that injured six |
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| A far-right extremist suspected of carrying out a shooting rampage that wounded six Africans in central Italy was “lucid and determined, aware of what he had done” and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an Italian law enforcement official said. | A far-right extremist suspected of carrying out a shooting rampage that wounded six Africans in central Italy was “lucid and determined, aware of what he had done” and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an Italian law enforcement official said. |
| Luca Traini, 28, remained jailed on Sunday as police investigated him on multiple charges of attempted murder with the aggravating circumstance of racial hatred for the attacks the previous night in the Italian city of Macerata. | Luca Traini, 28, remained jailed on Sunday as police investigated him on multiple charges of attempted murder with the aggravating circumstance of racial hatred for the attacks the previous night in the Italian city of Macerata. |
| The five men and one woman wounded in the two-hour drive-by shooting were from Nigeria, Ghana, the Gambia and Mali, according to RAI state television. | The five men and one woman wounded in the two-hour drive-by shooting were from Nigeria, Ghana, the Gambia and Mali, according to RAI state television. |
| Italian authorities said they had seized a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf,, other publications linked to Nazism and a flag with a Celtic cross, a symbol commonly used by white supremacists, from Traini’s home. | Italian authorities said they had seized a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf,, other publications linked to Nazism and a flag with a Celtic cross, a symbol commonly used by white supremacists, from Traini’s home. |
| Traini, who is Italian, was an unsuccessful candidate last year in a local election for the anti-migrant Northern League. Italy’s Ansa news agency quoted acquaintances saying he had previously had ties with the neofascist Forza Nuova and CasaPound parties. | Traini, who is Italian, was an unsuccessful candidate last year in a local election for the anti-migrant Northern League. Italy’s Ansa news agency quoted acquaintances saying he had previously had ties with the neofascist Forza Nuova and CasaPound parties. |
| Photographs released by police showed Traini with a neo-Nazi tattoo on his forehead and an Italian flag tied around his neck. | Photographs released by police showed Traini with a neo-Nazi tattoo on his forehead and an Italian flag tied around his neck. |
| Lt Col Michele Roberti, the Carabinieri commander in Macerata, told Italian news channel Sky TG24 on Sunday that Traini had demonstrated no remorse for the two-hour rampage and “it’s likely that he carried out this crazy gesture as a sort of retaliation, a sort of vendetta” for the death of a teenager a few days earlier. | Lt Col Michele Roberti, the Carabinieri commander in Macerata, told Italian news channel Sky TG24 on Sunday that Traini had demonstrated no remorse for the two-hour rampage and “it’s likely that he carried out this crazy gesture as a sort of retaliation, a sort of vendetta” for the death of a teenager a few days earlier. |
| A Nigerian man has been arrested in connection with the death of Pamela Mastropietro, 18, whose dismembered remains were found in two suitcases days after she walked away from a drug rehab community. | A Nigerian man has been arrested in connection with the death of Pamela Mastropietro, 18, whose dismembered remains were found in two suitcases days after she walked away from a drug rehab community. |
| Police said her bloody clothes, a receipt from a pharmacy where she had bought a syringe and knives consistent with the crime had been found in the suspect’s apartment. Roberti ruled out any personal connection between Traini and the dead woman. | Police said her bloody clothes, a receipt from a pharmacy where she had bought a syringe and knives consistent with the crime had been found in the suspect’s apartment. Roberti ruled out any personal connection between Traini and the dead woman. |
| One of the people wounded on Saturday, a 29-year-old woman identified only as Jennifer, told La Stampa from her hospital bed that she no longer felt free to walk around the city “with peace of mind”. | One of the people wounded on Saturday, a 29-year-old woman identified only as Jennifer, told La Stampa from her hospital bed that she no longer felt free to walk around the city “with peace of mind”. |
| ‘’I never hurt anyone. I was talking and laughing with three other people” when she was struck by the bullet, she told the Turin-based newspaper. | ‘’I never hurt anyone. I was talking and laughing with three other people” when she was struck by the bullet, she told the Turin-based newspaper. |
| One of the six victims was treated and released on Saturday. The remaining patients were all in a stable condition, with one in intensive care and Jennifer facing surgery on her shoulder, doctors said on Sunday. | One of the six victims was treated and released on Saturday. The remaining patients were all in a stable condition, with one in intensive care and Jennifer facing surgery on her shoulder, doctors said on Sunday. |
| Her boyfriend told La Repubblica they were waiting at a bus station when he saw a man pointing something at them from a black car. He realised then that it was a gun. | Her boyfriend told La Repubblica they were waiting at a bus station when he saw a man pointing something at them from a black car. He realised then that it was a gun. |
| “I gave Jennifer a push to get her out of the way and threw myself down. And I heard a shot: Boom!” said Ogie Igbinowania. | “I gave Jennifer a push to get her out of the way and threw myself down. And I heard a shot: Boom!” said Ogie Igbinowania. |
| Jennifer told the newspaper she arrived in Italy seven months ago and joined her boyfriend in Macerata. “I have always been comfortable here. People are friendly. I don’t know why that guy fired at us,” she said. | Jennifer told the newspaper she arrived in Italy seven months ago and joined her boyfriend in Macerata. “I have always been comfortable here. People are friendly. I don’t know why that guy fired at us,” she said. |
| A Nigerian community leader in Macerata, Sammy Kunoun, said he had heard the shots as he was going to meet cultural mediators about organising a sit-in to support Mastropietro’s family. They called off the event after the shootings for fear of further racist attacks. | A Nigerian community leader in Macerata, Sammy Kunoun, said he had heard the shots as he was going to meet cultural mediators about organising a sit-in to support Mastropietro’s family. They called off the event after the shootings for fear of further racist attacks. |
| “Now we are all victims in this story,” said Kunoun, adding that the immigrant community has been well-integrated in Macerata. Official statistics put the population of foreigners in the city at 9.2% of the 43,000 residents. | “Now we are all victims in this story,” said Kunoun, adding that the immigrant community has been well-integrated in Macerata. Official statistics put the population of foreigners in the city at 9.2% of the 43,000 residents. |
| The shootings came during a heated electoral campaign in which anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme. Italy has struggled in the last few years with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants coming across the Mediterranean in smugglers’ boats. | The shootings came during a heated electoral campaign in which anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme. Italy has struggled in the last few years with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants coming across the Mediterranean in smugglers’ boats. |
| Italy has a general election on 4 March and the head of the Northern League, Matteo Salvini, had exploited Mastropietro’s death in campaign appearances even before the shooting on Saturday. | Italy has a general election on 4 March and the head of the Northern League, Matteo Salvini, had exploited Mastropietro’s death in campaign appearances even before the shooting on Saturday. |
| Salvini is pledging to deport 100,000 migrants in his first year in office if his party wins control of parliament, drawing criticism that he is using the migration crisis to foment xenophobia for political gain. | Salvini is pledging to deport 100,000 migrants in his first year in office if his party wins control of parliament, drawing criticism that he is using the migration crisis to foment xenophobia for political gain. |
| The prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, warned in Rome after the attack that “the state will be particularly severe against whoever thinks of feeding the spiral of violence”. | The prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, warned in Rome after the attack that “the state will be particularly severe against whoever thinks of feeding the spiral of violence”. |
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