They broke into the home of an eighty-year-old whose funeral had just been celebrated, perhaps to take away his weapons, which however he had sold years before his death last Friday. However, the criminals were forced to flee by a son and a nephew of the deceased , Olindo Lai (he was 80 years old) and are now wanted by the police.
It happened last night in the deceased's home in Dolianova, where the family was still entertaining after the funeral rite. One of the dead man's sons (Roberto, 51 years old) and a nephew moved into the courtyard of the house to water some trees when Roberto, illuminating the site with the light of his mobile phone, realized the presence of a masked stranger, dressed wearing a camouflage suit and armed with a pistol .
A fight broke out between the stranger and Roberto Lai with the criminal forced to flee together with his accomplice . On the street the bandits, now wanted for failure to rob, were noticed by several people, chased by Roberto Lai and another young family member, however managing to cover their tracks. At the Lai house, the criminals left behind a balaclava, gloves, a small burglary tool and the gun, which later turned out to be a toy weapon. There were no weapons in the house attacked, given that, as mentioned, Olindo Lai, a well-known and appreciated hunter, had sold them years ago.
It should be added that the house (in via Lussu) is inhabited, while the criminals were perhaps convinced of the opposite and that they could act with absolute tranquility. Then the report to the station police who started the investigation.
