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What the hell is up with the world at the moment!
Gunshots at Italian PM's office - injuries
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What the hell is up with the world at the moment!
People with no money tend to get a little desperate.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
It could be 6 to 8 gunshots. Or 6 to 8 people shooting.
Sky News picking up on it now
Let's hope for the former.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Life's a cunt like that.
You can go to http://www.rai.it , there is a stream news channel on the front page.
One image of a policeman injured.
WARNING, GRAPHIC.
https://twitter.com/Corriereit/status/328448593071579136/photo/1
Edit: 7 bullet shells found, the man arrested was in a suit.
One image of a policeman injured.
WARNING, GRAPHIC.
https://twitter.com/Corriereit/status/328448593071579136/photo/1
Edit: 7 bullet shells found, the man arrested was in a suit.
Bomber Bob
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no biggie
Okay, so it was just one man?
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Yeah.... that dude got shot through the face. Think he may be dead.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Better hope that's not the work of a bunch of desperate citizens. Because if that's the case, you don't want to see what could ever happen in Greece and Spain (or the measures that will be enacted by their governments out of panic). Some people may get ideas...
The fucker was caught at the spot.
https://twitter.com/Corriereit/status/328452188621910016/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Corriereit/status/328452188621910016/photo/1
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
The fucker was caught at the spot.
And he's alive. Good.
Edit: They are already claiming that he had mental issues. Yeah, I'd wait on that just in case...
Viola of the Abyss
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To think that ministers went to the government building on foot a little earlier, it could have been a much bigger tragedy.
Let's hope this doesn't mark the beginning of a new era of violence like the Years of Lead (gli Anni di Piombo), a period of political fighting and terrorism that lasted more than 10 years during the seventies and eighties.
Let's hope this doesn't mark the beginning of a new era of violence like the Years of Lead (gli Anni di Piombo), a period of political fighting and terrorism that lasted more than 10 years during the seventies and eighties.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
I wonder if it's possible for countries like Italy, Greece etc to have a civil war. America sure as shit could, dunno bout the rest of the "modern" world.
Lagspike_exe
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"Mental issues" aka Assassination Cover Up 101.
Greece had a civil war post WW2.
Greece had a civil war post WW2.
Funky Papa
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Waging war against our neighbour is the second most popular sport in Spain after football.
Cereal KiIIer
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What for? Berlusconi is not even there anymore.
Gladio had paramilitary sleeper cells hiding throught Italy, there to "fight communists" or whatever else they felt like doing with all those guns and explosives. That's not a civil war, but it's certainly inter-factional conflict.
Funky Papa
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That doesn't mean their current government is not made of scumbuckets. Italy has gone through a fairly concerning political crisis during the last weeks, not to mention the sacrifices that are being made among the population.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Weapons wise though. What sort of arms does the civilian population have access to.
Visualante2
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Democracy has failed them.
Just a coalition with his peers...
Viola of the Abyss
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I find it extremely unlikely. Big fights, internal terrorism and local clashes with security forces, even with several victims, could happen, but not to the extent of a nationwide civil war.
At the very worst we're still very far from it.
Precisely, apart from hunting rifles and some guns, weapons are not wisespread at all in Italy.
Jumping to conclusions much? It's just a psychopath, as far as we know. He shouted he wanted to be shot at when they stopped him.
As much as I dislike M5S, it's definitely wrong to justify this as "this is what you get when you criticize politics every day" (Rome's major just said this... what a POS). It's also wrong to justify the act saying "people can't take it anymore" though, he shot policemen anyway so how is that related to politics?
FYI, public shootings are very rare in Italy.
As much as I dislike M5S, it's definitely wrong to justify this as "this is what you get when you criticize politics every day" (Rome's major just said this... what a POS). It's also wrong to justify the act saying "people can't take it anymore" though, he shot policemen anyway so how is that related to politics?
FYI, public shootings are very rare in Italy.
Funky Papa
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Lots of hunting rifles and shotguns. But more often than not civil wars begin with a military revolt.
For the record, Southern Europe is far from being there, but it amazes me that nobody (until today) had made an attempt on a politician.
He could very well be and I'm certainly not making any bets, but labeling a mentally unstable person this fast doesn't seem very prudent either.
OminoMichelin
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Acording to IlFatto, he started yelling ''shoot at me!'' at a certain point. Yeah definitely not sane.
Funky Papa
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Or he could be desperate. A case of somebody wanting to go down, but not before taking as many people with him as he could. It's not the same as being a nut job.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
He probably had a pistol. Semi-auto/automatics seem to be the weapon of choice for American crazies. Spray and pray.
Risk Breaker
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What, again? No thanks.
19361939 Spanish Civil War
19451949 Greek Civil War
And the Years of Lead in Italy.
"America" didn't invent civil wars 
OminoMichelin
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Being desperate enough to go into a self harming rampage still falls under the ''not sane'' category. It wasn't something he did with a precise agenda, rather than what most likely would be the culmination of his mental uneasiness.
Remember the episode of the church replica thrown at Berlusconi? Same kind of thing.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
What, again? No thanks.
19361939 Spanish Civil War
19451949 Greek Civil War
And the Years of Lead in Italy.
"America" didn't invent civil wars
Nah this is just a what if, I don't think it will ever get to the point. I just mean if civilians decided to take up arms against the Government. Just with a portion of the American civilian population being pretty heavily armed already it would be a bit easier for them.
Ideally, 3 million vs 300 million, fudging the numbers a bit I know, would be a fair fight. But not really, when you account for trillions of dollars in military hardware.
Funky Papa
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So now the authorities have changed their tune and the perp is no longer a madman, but a divorcee who lost his job and wanted to vent his frustration by gunning down some politicians. A man who had little to lose and went over the edge.
I'm just glad no one died.
I'm just glad no one died.
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