MILAN—An Italian gunman with extreme right-wing sympathies shot and wounded six African immigrants Saturday in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree, authorities said, terrorizing a small Italian city where a Nigerian man had been arrested days earlier in a teenager’s gruesome killing.Police photos showed the shooting suspect with a neo-Nazi tattoo prominently on his forehead as he sat in custody and an Italian flag tied around his neck as he was arrested in the central Italian city of Macerata. Authorities identified him as Luca Traini, a 28-year-old Italian with no previous record.Traini had run for town council on the anti-migrant Northern League’s list in a local election last year in Corridonia, the party confirmed, but its mayoral candidate lost the race. The news agency ANSA quoted friends of his as saying that Traini had previously been affiliated with Italian extremist parties like the neo-fascist Forza Nuova and CasaPound.The shooting spree came days after the … [Read more...] about Ex-anti-migrant party candidate arrested after 6 African immigrants shot and wounded in Italy
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Gunman in Italy wounds 6 after targeting African immigrants in drive-by shootings
MILAN—A lone Italian gunman wounded six African immigrants in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree Saturday in a small Italian city where just days earlier a Nigerian man was arrested in the gruesome killing of a teenager, officials said.The shooting suspect was identified as Luca Traini, a 28-year-old Italian with no previous record. Traini had run on a list for the anti-migrant Northern League party in a local election last year in the town of Corridonia, but the party lost. The news agency ANSA quoted friends as saying he had previously been affiliated with Italian extremist parties like the neo-fascist Forza Nuova and CasaPound.A video posted by the newspaper il Resto di Carlino showed the suspect with an Italian flag draped over his shoulders being arrested by armed Carabinieri officers in the city centre, near where he apparently fled his car on foot. Italian news reports said a gun was found inside the car and that the suspect did a Fascist salute as he was arrested, but no … [Read more...] about Gunman in Italy wounds 6 after targeting African immigrants in drive-by shootings
Commuter train derails in Italy, killing at least three people
MILAN—A commuter train derailed Thursday in northern Italy, killing at least three people, seriously injuring 10 and trapping others heading into Milan at the start of the work day, officials said.The Trenord train derailed near the Pioltello Limito station on the outskirts of the city, halting train traffic into and out of Italy’s financial capital for hours. A piece of the track appeared broken, and officials said a wheel sustained damage as well, though the cause was under investigation.At least two main cars from the middle of the train peeled off the rails but were still standing, albeit at an angle. Rescue crews gingerly climbed through the crushed sides of the cars trying to get to trapped passengers. Read more: Commuter train collision in Italy kills at least 22 … [Read more...] about Commuter train derails in Italy, killing at least three people
Three dead, scores hurt as train derails in Italy
MILAN: At least three people were killed and 10 seriously injured when a packed regional train derailed Thursday near Milan in northern Italy, emergency services said. Hours after the crash, rescuers continued to search for passengers inside the wreckage. One of the carriages was lying across the track, bent almost at a right angle.About 100 other people sustained light injuries, Cristina Corbetta, an official with the regional emergency services in Milan, told Sky TG24.She said the incident happened at around 7am (0600 GMT) near Segrate in Milan's northeastern suburbs. The cause was not immediately clear.Many of the passengers were travelling to work in Italy's economic capital, or were students.It is the most serious rail accident in Italy since 23 people were killed in a high-speed head-on collision between two passenger trains in July 2016 in the southern Puglia region.The injured were evacuated on stretchers, with the more seriously hurt receiving first aid in a field near the … [Read more...] about Three dead, scores hurt as train derails in Italy
JPMorgan’s Ward: Markets won’t budge for Italy’s much feared election
Italy will hold a general election on March 4, an event that some have identified as one of the biggest political risks for markets in 2018. Karen Ward, a strategist at JPMorgan’s $1.7 trillion asset management arm disagrees, saying her and colleagues are not overly concerned by the election. In recent history, Italy has been politically unstable, so further instability – so long as it does not threaten the country’s membership of the eurozone – is not a huge issue, Ward argued. LONDON – Italy’s upcoming general election, which many have identified as being among the biggest political risks facing global markets in 2018, could end up being something of a damp squib, a top strategist at $1.7 trillion JPMorgan Asset Management told Business Insider. Speaking in an interview earlier this month, Karen Ward, JPMAM’s chief market strategist for the UK and Europe, said that while … [Read more...] about JPMorgan’s Ward: Markets won’t budge for Italy’s much feared election