Update - Drive-By Shooter Shouted ‘Viva Italia’ During Arrest

As we’ve reported earlier today, a man in Italy shot down 6 African immigrants from his car in the town of Macareta.

Police have now arrested the shooter, 28-year-old Mr. Luca Traini, who was draped in an Italian Flag as security forces took him in and he shouted ‘Viva Italia’. It is alleged he also made a Nazi salute.

He was reportedly a candidate at a 2017 local election for Northern League (Lega Nord), the populist right-wing party allied with former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi for the next elections.

Also read: http://thegoldwater.com/news/17399-Breaking-Video-Italy-Man-Shoots-4-African-Migrants-In-Drive-By-Attack

Macerata's mayor Romano Carancini confirmed that six people, five men, and one woman, were shot by Mr. Traini. One of them is in a serious condition.

All of those injured were foreigners, police confirmed, and Mr. Carancini said they were black.

As already mentioned in our previous article, Italian media drew a link between the shootings and the murder this week in Macerata of an 18-year-old girl, which caused emotions in the small town to boil over.

Also read: https://thegoldwater.com/news/8076-Italy-Immigrant-Rape-Cases-Anti-Migrant-Sentiment-Ahead-Of-Upcoming-Election

Miss Pamela Mastropietro was chopped up and her body parts stuffed into two suitcases which were found dumped on Wednesday. A Nigerian man, Innocent Oseghale, was later arrested on suspicion of her murder. The gunman’s rampage on Saturday included the area where the dismembered corpse was found. Anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise in Italy since the arrival of many boat migrants from Africa.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gun attack in Italy targets immigrants in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Macerata?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Macerata</a>:<br>The killer Luca Traini had an Italian flag wrapped around him &amp; he made a fascist salute when arrested.<br>He is a candidate of the fascist Northern League Party, &amp; part of Berlusconi’s coalition. <a href="https://t.co/fKAUf0Scl3">https://t.co/fKAUf0Scl3</a> <a href="https://t.co/4jElnipB60">pic.twitter.com/4jElnipB60</a></p>&mdash; Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) <a href="https://twitter.com/rulajebreal/status/959850579542540288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2018, </a></blockquote>

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Italy has parliamentary elections next month. The anti-establishment parties are currently leading in the polls.

Also read: https://thegoldwater.com/news/15323-Italian-Election-Brings-EU-Anger-And-Costa-Concordia-Hero

Source:

https://news.sky.com/story/drive-by-shootings-in-italy-people-told-to-stay-indoors-as-four-reported-hurt-11234432