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Italian metal worker shoots wife with modified crutches
John Hooper in Rome
Saturday March 12, 2005
The Guardian
An Italian metal worker was in prison last night facing charges of attempted
murder after trying to shoot his wife with a rifle he fashioned from an
invalid's crutch.
Silvano Angelini, 57, a lathe operator, shot and wounded his wife as she
arrived for a court hearing in Siena on Thursday. He had arrived earlier on
sticks, pretending to be handicapped. A witness said Mr Angelini hobbled
towards his wife with a smile and lifted one of the crutches.
Two carabinieri, who arrived on the scene by chance, disarmed Mr Angelini.
They discovered that his other stick also had a bored barrel and a trigger
mechanism. It was loaded and ready to be fired.
It is the second time Mr Angelini has been charged with attempted murder. He
is alleged to have tried to kill his brother-in-law by placing a home-made
bomb in the intended victim's car.
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