An armored car attacked, a firefight on the 131: there are wounded, a rifle aimed at a witness

Assault on a security van this morning on Statale 131 , near Giave , at kilometer 170.600.

There was a firefight . According to the very first information, there are three injured : two security guards and a girl, unrelated to the robbery, hit by a bullet in the arm. The three wounded were transported to hospital in Sassari .

According to what has been reconstructed, six to ten bandits blocked the road in both directions , in the section between the junctions for Thiesi and Giave.

To stop the armored car, from the Vigilpol company, which was proceeding in the direction of Cagliari, they scattered nails on the asphalt and used a van and a small car, set on fire, to block the road. In the opposite direction they blocked an articulated lorry threatening the driver with a rifle aimed at his face and putting the vehicle sideways.

A manhunt has begun throughout Sardinia to try to intercept the bandits. The investigations are carried out by the carabinieri of the provincial command of Sassari, with the collaboration of all the forces of order.

Two cars used by the robbers to escape have already been found, charred, in the Badde Salighes area, in the province of Nuoro . Numerous checkpoints of the carabinieri, police and financial police have been activated on the main arteries that could have been used by the commando to escape.

Mobilize all the forces of order who are scouring half of Sardinia, even with the use of helicopters.

According to an initial estimate, the loot taken away by the commando would be small .

Heavy traffic disruptions on the Carlo Felice .

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