A Moroccan citizen was killed in a firefight with the carabinieri in Fara Vicentino (Vicenza) .
The police forces, local police and carabinieri in fact, had intervened after the report that a man was throwing a tantrum and shouting "Allah akbar" in the middle of the street , thus alarming passers-by who asked for the intervention of the police .
According to reports, agents and soldiers tried to calm him down without success, then they tried to immobilize him, but in the scuffle the North African took a service pistol from a carabiniere and started shooting, injuring a traffic policeman .
At that point the carabinieri returned fire, killing the Moroccan .
The wounded local police officer is called Alex Frusti , contact person from the Alto Vicentino, who has been transferred to the San Bortolo hospital in Vicenza .
«The agents were doing their routine rounds - the mayor of Fara Vicentino, Maria Teresa Sperotto explained to journalists - and they called the carabinieri because they needed support. At that moment the fact must have happened. I regret it for everyone, both for the person who died and for our agent who was injured ». The magistrate on duty went to the scene.
(Unioneonline/L)
