Gunshot ambush in a crowded amusement park at the gates of Manfredonia, in the province of Foggia .
The target of the shots was a 46-year-old man , known to the police, who was injured in the leg .
The shooting took place at 2 am, when there were still many people among the stands of games and rides, set up in view of the patronal feast.
According to an initial reconstruction, a fireworks show had recently ended, when someone opened fire on the 46-year-old, triggering terror and panic in the crowd and the consequent stampede in search of shelter.
The agents of the State Police then arrived on the spot and started investigations to trace the person responsible, who disappeared in the general confusion. Four shells were recovered on the spot.
The 118 staff instead rescued the man, shot in the thigh, transporting him to the hospital.
(Unioneonline / lf)