Man Kills Friend Of Italy’s Prime Minister

A man  attacked a cafe in Rome and  killed the  friend of Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni who was identified as Nicoletta Golisano and two other  women, Elisabetta Silenzi and Sabina Sperandio.

According to further reports, he had injured four other people in the process.

Roberto Gualtieri, mayor of Rome, described the shooting as a “grave episode of violence”.

Luciana Ciorba, the committee’s vice-president, was at the cafe in the Fidene district.

According to her, the gunman had entered the bar on Sunday shouting “I’ll kill you all” before using his pistol. He was reportedly overpowered by other residents before being detained by police.

Of those people injured, believed to be two women and two men, one remains in a serious condition.

In a Facebook post, where she sent her condolences to Ms Golisano’s family, Ms Meloni said she would always remember her friend for being “beautiful and happy”.

“Nicoletta was a protective mother, a sincere and discreet friend, a woman strong and fragile at the same time,” she wrote.

“But above all she was a professional with a sense of duty out of the ordinary… Nicoletta was my friend.”

“It’s not right to die like that,” she added. “Nicoletta was happy, and beautiful, in the red dress she bought for her 50th birthday party a few weeks ago. For me she will always be beautiful and happy like that.”

Police are yet to comment on the motivation of the suspect, though the  attack is not thought to have been political.