Attempted murder Sunday afternoon in the center of Gonnosnò. A man, with his face covered by a balaclava, was ready to set his rival on fire after throwing petrol on his clothes. However, the 56-year-old reacted by putting the attacker on the run. The carabinieri of Mogoro's company immediately started investigations for attempted murder.

The 56-year-old was walking in Corso Umberto and was suddenly approached by a man wearing a white protective suit in tyvek (similar to the one used by coroners and Ris) and had his face covered by a balaclava. In one hand he held a kitchen lighter, in the other a flammable bottle. With a very quick gesture he threw the petrol but did not have time to start the fire because the 56-year-old broke free and reacted as the attacker fled on foot in the narrow streets of the town, losing track of himself. The alarm was immediately raised, the carabinieri from the Mogoro company arrived on the spot and tried to reconstruct what happened, an attempted murder is being investigated.