Italy: Moroccan Killed After Firing on Police (Last Words: "Allahu Akhbar")

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This morning, a man identified as a Moroccan citizen went into a rampage on a street in the community of Fara Vicentino, located in the province of Vicenza, halfway between Milan and Venice. (Vicenza is the site of a US Army base.). The man was reportedly yelling, Allahu akhbar (God is greater) and when the police arrived, he disarmed one of the officers and shot another, wounding him in the foot and side. At this point, another officer shot the suspect to death.

The below article from today’s Il Tempo is translated by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2023/04/24/news/vicenza-sparatoria-oggi-marocchino-vigilie-carabinieri-pistola-gridava-allah-akbar-35602206/

Vicenza, Moroccan shoots and wounds an officer. Killed. “He was shouting, ‘Allahu Akhbar”

Weapon taken from a Carabiniero. Wounded officer operated on lung

24 April 2023

Fear in Fara Vicentino, in the province of Vicenza. A Moroccan citizen was killed in a firefight with the Carabinieri after having fired on a local police officer, wounding him with the pistol taken from one of the two (Carabinieri) who arrived at the scene. It happened this morning. According to an initial reconstruction, the man, out of his mind, reportedly went into a rage in the street and reportedly managed to take the weapon from one of the two Carabinieri who intervened, firing at a police officer who arrived to help (his) colleagues: Reportedly, the other Carabiniero shot him to death at this point. 

The non-EU citizen was walking barefoot in a confused state then reportedly went into a rage, shouting in the street. A Moroccan immigrant who was passing by reportedly heard him shouting insults in Arabic. According to what Corriere della Sera is reporting, the man reportedly also pronounced the phrase, “Allahu akhbar“, God is great. When the police intervened, the man reportedly took the service pistol from a Carabiniero, firing several rounds, two of which hit one of the local police. The (Carabiniero) still in possession of his weapon then shot and killed him.

The 40-year-old local police officer involved in the shootout this morning was hit by two projectiles, one in the right foot and one in the left side which caused a lung to collapse. He was operated on at the Alto Vicentino Hospital of Santorso, a lung drainage was applied, and at this moment, a second lung CT scan is in progress. The prognosis is guarded, but should not be life-threatening.