ROME.- At least three women died one of them a friend of the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, following the shooting attack a man who shot his way into a consortium meeting for problems in his building in a bar in the Fidene neighborhood, Rome.
the murderer, Claudio Campi, shot on Sunday morning once morest the participants in a meeting of co-owners in a northern neighborhood of the Italian capital, following having stolen the murder weapon, a Glock pistol, in a shooting club.
“I’ll kill them all”, was the phrase released today by Claudio Campiti before shooting those present at that meeting.
Campi maintained bad relations with the assembled owners and administration, whom accused of wanting to expel him from his flat, according to a text published in early November on his blog.
The 57-year-old man’s target was the board of directors of the Valleverde Consortium, which manages a series of villas on Lake Turano, in the province of Rieti. He was at war with that consortium for years, he felt persecuted and refused to pay the expenses.
At around 9:30 a.m. local time, the man entered the wooden and Plexiglas structure on via Monte Giberto, a short distance from a bar. He closed the door behind him and started shooting.
Wielding a semi-automatic stolen a few minutes earlier at the Tor di Quinto shooting range, He fired in the direction of the people sitting at a table.
Three women died at the scene: Sabina Sperandio, 71, counselor of the consortium; Nicoletta Golisano, 50, auditor and family friend of Prime Minister Meloni; Y Elizabeth Silence, 55, accounting secretary. All three died from shots to the chest.
Four other people were injured, including Bruna Marelli, 80, president of the consortium.
On Sunday night, Meloni revealed through a Facebook post that Nicoletta Golisano, mother of a 10-year-old boy, she was a friend of hers.
“Nicoletta was a protective mother, a sincere and discreet friend, a strong and fragile woman at the same time”, assured the far-right leader on her Facebook page, where she posted a photo of both of them during a party.
The murderer “was arrested and I hope that justice will take its course quickly.” “But the word justice is not convenient to talk regarding what happened, since It’s never fair to die this way.” Meloni added.
The 30 people present at the meeting tried to save themselves: there are those who hid under the table and even those who tried to save themselves on all fours.
The first to react was Silvio Paganini, 67-year-old, who jumped on the killer and blocked him, then helped by other people. He too was injured.
After the shooting, dozens of phone calls arrived at the 112 emergency number: “Run to Via Gilberto, it’s hell.”
Within minutes, numerous ambulances and several patrol cars arrived on the tree-lined street. The man was handcuffed and transferred to a Weapon barracks in Eur.
Over the hours, the researchers reconstructed the plan implemented by Campiti, whom in the past your gun license application was denied of fire precisely in light of the dispute, made up of crossed reports, which had been going on for some time with the consortium.
At regarding 8.30 he went to the polygon, which now ended up under embargo by order of the prosecutor. Over there, leaving an ID, he was handed his pistol, a Glock, and walked away. He got into the car and following a trip of regarding 9 kilometers, he arrived at the roundregarding where the meeting of the consortium members was scheduled.
Total regarding 4 or 5 shots would have been fired, all at close range, at point blank range, according to authorities.
We knew he had problems, but we didn’t think it would go this far”, said a surprised witness.
The man who lost his 14-year-old son in a tragic accident in the mountains in 2012 had expressed his anger once morest the consortium in a blog. “welcome to Hell. Here with the criminal code, the State goes to the toilet, reporting is wasted time, they are all thieves, ”he wrote in a 2021 post, in which he included a very long list of accusations once morest the other members of the consortium.
ANSA and AFP agencies
THE NATION
