An armed former sub-lieutenant in the Italian army with mental problems, who had been barricaded since Wednesday in his apartment in Cordovado in the Friuli province of Pordenone, surrendered to the Carabinieri after lengthy negotiations. The man had several guns in his apartment, which he handed over to law enforcement.
For safety reasons, the building where the 55-year-old lived was evacuated. 13 people had to spend two nights away from home, Italian media reported. The central part of the village had been cordoned off since Wednesday.
Spit on half-naked villagers
The ex-soldier, half-naked and with a gun in his hand, shouted, threatened and spat on some villagers on the square of the Friulian municipality on Wednesday, the media report.
The citizens then raised the alarm. To renew his gun license, the man should have provided a certificate of his mental and physical condition, which he did not do. As a result, his weapons should have been confiscated. This would have caused the man’s indignant reaction.
As a precaution, the shops in the city center next to the building where he lives were also evacuated. The power and gas supply to the ex-serviceman’s house was shut off to avert danger to the residents and the police. Special Carabinieri units were stationed around the house in case a raid was needed.
Source: Krone
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