Murder of 18-year-old white girl allegedly by Nigerian asylum seeker triggers shooting spree in Italy

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- A gunman who went on a shooting spree in a town in Italy reportedly told investigators that the murder of a teenage white girl triggered the rampage

- He said that he decided to go on a shooting spree as soon as he heard of the murder of Pamela Mastropietro who was allegedly killed by a Nigerian asylum seeker`

- The gunman, identified as Luca Traini was arrested by police in the central square, Piazza della Vittoria

A lone gunman went on a shooting spree in a town in Italy on Saturday, February 3, shooting black migrants in apparent revenge for the brutal murder of a teenage white girl, Pamela Mastropietro, which was allegedly carried out by a Nigerian asylum seeker, Innocent Oseghale.

The shaven-headed man, identified as Luca Traini, drove around the central Italian town of Macerata in a dark Alfa Romeo, opening fire with a pistol, The Telegraph reports.

NAIJ.com gathered that he wounded at least four and as many as six people, all said to be African migrants. One of them was left in a critical condition.

It was learnt that Traini eventually got out of his car and ran towards the town’s war memorial, reportedly shouting ‘Viva l’Italia’ or long live Italy.

He was said to have made a fascist salute. He was arrested by police in the central square, Piazza della Vittoria.

Daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera, quoted Traini's confessional statement to investigators: “I was driving to the gym when I heard on the radio about the 18-year-old girl. Instinctively I turned around, I went home, I opened the safe and took the pistol and decided to kill them all.”

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a Nigerian national, Innocent Oseghale, had been charged with the murder of an Italian woman, Pamela Mastropietro, an 18-year-old whose dismembered body was found on Wednesday, January 31, in two suitcases dumped in the countryside outside Pollenza.

Oseghale, 29, was said to "appear confused and not very clear" during questioning in which he denied the charges on Thursday, February 1.

He reportedly continued to deny the charges and tried to accuse two other people who police have cleared.

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