A 20-year-old young man, guitarist of a musical group, was injured following some rifle shots that exploded against the stage where the band was performing. The event, which occurred around midnight last night, was reported today by the newspaper "La Provincia Pavese".

The Burial of Babylon concert was taking place in the courtyard of the Bereguardo castle, a few kilometers from Pavia. Simone Maffei, the injured 20-year-old is the guitarist of the group. The young man felt the sensation of a burn at the height of his shoulder. At first he thought it was an insect bite. Once transported to the emergency room of the San Matteo Polyclinic in Pavia, a 4.5 caliber pellet was extracted which had stopped under the skin. The investigations are conducted by the Pavia flying squad. Signs of other pellets were found on the band's musical instruments.

None of the spectators heard the sound of the gunshots, probably due to the music. It is not excluded that the shooter was someone annoyed by the concert.

Felice Bonizzoni, mayor of Bereguardo (Pavia), said he was sorry and amazed by what happened: «In the town there have never been complaints about the volume being too high. I hope that the police will be able to identify the person responsible for this gesture as soon as possible."

(Unioneonline)

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