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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 13 Dec 2011 : 22:21:06
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Italian man kills two Senegalese traders in Florence
13 December 2011
 An Italian man has opened fire in two markets in central Florence, killing two Senegalese traders and injuring three others.
The attacker, 50-year-old Gianluca Casseri, belonged to a far-right group, Italian media said.
He killed two men and injured a third in Dalmazia Square before opening fire in San Lorenzo Square, wounding two.
Casseri was later found dead in an underground car-park, having turned the gun on himself, police said.
Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, denounced "this blind explosion of hatred" and called on Italian authorities and society to "combat in the bud every form of intolerance and to reaffirm the tradition of openness and solidarity in our country".
The mayor of Florence described the shooting spree as that of a deranged person acting alone.
"These are the actions of a lone killer - a lucid, mad and racist killer," Matteo Renzi said, adding that such behaviour was out of character for the city and had shocked it to its core.
 Vendors took to the streets after the attack in protest
Casseri is reported to have calmly got out of a car in Dalmazia Square and opened fire, killing the two Senegalese in the market, and injuring a third.
"I heard what I thought were fireworks but when I turned around I saw three men bleeding on the floor," a market trader who saw the attack told La Repubblica.
As shoppers and traders fled in panic, some people tried to pursue Casseri, but he escaped in his car.
Later he began firing at other Senegalese traders at a market in a second square near the city's cathedral - one of the city's largest - injuring two more people.
Dozens of Africans living in the city - many of whom make a living selling knick-knacks and fake designer bags to tourists - have marched through the city centre in protest at the killings, knocking over mopeds, bins and street signs.
A published author of science-fiction novels, Casseri is reported to have belonged to a far-right association called Casa Pound.
The group sought to distance itself from Casseri saying it did not support any type of violence.
Fabio Barsanti, a regional co-ordinator for the group, described Casseri as "lonely" and "living in his own world" but "not crazy".
Source: BBC
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Momodou
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Dalton1
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Posted - 16 Dec 2011 : 14:12:51
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Finally the press in Dakar caught up with this story today. It is really sad that the loner ended up taking two lives of Senegalese origin. Tension has been calm and no indication that it will escalate any further. I hope the Senegalese authorities will request full redress of justice. Truly such sentiments of race, tribe and religion are just what is holding the world backward. R.I.P
thanks for sharing Mawdo Momodou.
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Dec 2011 : 12:25:56
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This is SO sad. When I was in Venice a few years ago I was amazed by the amount of African street traders and workers in low paid jobs. There was a march whilst I was there and the police were quite heavy handed.
The African people in Venice lived in very poor housing and had virtually no rights.
The tensions between Italian people and Africans were apparent.
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