Elderly arsonist from Muravera reported by a neighbor and framed by the carabinieri , he lashes out at the latter, threatening them with various objects.
The incident took place yesterday. The carabinieri of the local station and of the Compagnia di San Vito mobile radio intervened in the house of the pensioner, who had a clean record, after a report from a confidant who had indicated him as the probable perpetrator of some arson attacks.
When the military arrived to search the place, they surprised the man who was making more bombs . The elderly man, in a strong state of agitation, immediately threatened the military from within by throwing various objects at them: a chopping board, vases, a wrench and more, also breaking the windows of his own home .
The carabinieri entered the house and he, not happy, hit one of them in the chest with a ceramic salad bowl . But the 69-year-old was immediately immobilized and arrested for the crimes he had committed, including violence against a public official. A 118 ambulance also intervened on the spot to administer a sedative to the elderly man.
The man was also identified as responsible for two attacks carried out in the previous hours with incendiary cans. The first at the “Domus Aurea Wine Bar” on the corner of via Roma and via dei Giardini in Muravera, contained with minimal damage. The second was at the "Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Muravera" , in viale Rinascita, where the external paving of the garden was damaged as well as some seedlings.
Both acts were immortalized by video surveillance cameras. The man justified everything thus: " They didn't treat me well at the bar, Jehovah's Witnesses are constantly disturbing me by trying to convert me ." House arrest has been arranged for him.
(Unioneonline/L)