Italian Who Wanted To Commit Suicide, Change His Mind And Shoot A Migrant Instead (PHOTOS)

The Senegalese and his wife

The murdered Senegalese


LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Italian man who reportedly left his house to commit suicide on Monday morning ended up shooting a Senegalese migrant dead on a bridge in central Florence, according to local media. Arab News Report.
The 65-year-old left home with a legally owned gun after leaving a suicide note addressed to his daughter.

But the suspect, whose statements about the event remain confused, could not bring himself to take his own life, or had a change of heart and instead shot at a passerby.

The Senegalese and his wife


According to the press, he wanted to end his days in prison to no longer be a burden on his family.
Reports say he chose not to open fire on the first people he crossed, who were walking with their children, but settled on a 54-year-old Senegalese migrant, firing on him six times.
The victim, who was residing legally in the country, later succumbed to his injuries leaving behind his partner and daughter.

The murdered Senegalese


After being alerted by witnesses, security forces detained the shooter.
In the early afternoon, some 20 Senegalese mourners staged a sit-in on the bridge to denounce the murder.
“We’ll stay here as long as it takes. This is the third Senegalese man killed in Florence, that’s enough,” one of them told the press.
In 2011, two Senegalese street vendors were killed in Florence by a far-right activist.

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