The shooting spree came days after the slaying of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro and amid a heated electoral campaign in Italy where anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme. Italy has struggled with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the last few years coming across the Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats. Such violent shootings are rare in Italy, and usually associated with the southern Italian mafia. Salvini told reporters Saturday at a campaign stop in Bologna that he would bring security to Italy. Senate president Pietro Grasso of the small liberal party Free and Equal chastised Salvini for using the tragedies to gain votes.

Source: Egypt Independent February 04, 2018 08:39 UTC