More than 600,000 migrants have arrived on Italy’s shores from North Africa in the last four years. Italians and migrants peacefully carried Italian flags and banners against violence and racism and flew red, heart-shaped balloons with the names of the victims of the shooting. One placard read “fascist Salvini” a reference to Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Northern League party which campaigns strongly against illegal immigrants. The shooter, 28-year-old Luca Traini, a former Northern League candidate at local elections, told police he was avenging the woman, named as Pamela Mastropietro. “Today we are here in Macerata because what happened here was a terrorist act,” said Amin Nour, an African migrant.

Source: Pakistan Today February 11, 2018 05:48 UTC