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Three injured in gunfire as new Italian
cabinet sworn in
Sunday April 28, 2013 07:44:33 PM,
IANS
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Rome: Two police
officials and a pregnant woman passer-by were injured when an
"insane man dressed in a suit" fired several shots during the
swearing-in ceremony of Italy's newly-appointed government in Rome
Sunday.
Xinhua cited local media reports as saying that the man fired
several shots outside the government office building, which is
close to the presidential palace where Prime Minister Enrico Letta
was being sworn in with his cabinet ministers.
The two police officials were rushed to a hospital, and one of
them was reportedly in serious condition. The pregnant woman was
slightly injured.
A man was arrested at the scene of the shooting and identified as
Luigi Preite, a middle-aged Italian from the southern Calabria
region.
He was said to be mentally disturbed.
"He was shooting police as if they were skittles. At first, we did
not realize anything, we thought they were firecrackers," a
witness said.
The shooting scene and the surrounding area, which is less than
one km from the government office building and was filled with
crowds of people, were immediately cleared.
It was unclear whether the attack was linked to the start of the
new government.
"It was a disquieting fact but I do not think there was a plan
behind it," newly appointed Justice Minister Anna Maria
Cancellieri said.
Enrico Letta was Sunday sworn in as the new prime minister of
Italy.
The coalition government of the Democratic Party and the People of
Freedom is composed of 21 ministers including seven women, more
than ever, and the country's first non-white minister, Cecile
Kyenge, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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