It was a day of celebration, the Cortes Apertas of Autumn in Barbagia. And the shooting allegedly took place right in front of one of these, where Nico Piras , 43, was seriously injured. He is now hospitalized at San Francesco di Nuoro, in the intensive care unit.
A worker, Piras is still involved in the trial for the murder of his brother, Angelo Maria : the man, victim of the night's attack, according to the prosecution, murdered him in January 2015 due to inheritance issues. Acquitted at first instance, he was sentenced to 24 years on appeal: a sentence later canceled by the Supreme Court, which ordered a new trial.
Not the only bloody event that overwhelmed Nico Piras' life: in 1986 his father was killed , right in front of his brother Angelo Maria, who was only eleven years old at the time.
(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)
