A friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was killed in Rome on Sunday by a man who shot dead two other women and injured four other people, the head of government and the carabinieri announced.
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The 57-year-old killer fired Sunday morning at participants in a syndic meeting in a northern district of the capital after stealing the weapon, a Glock pistol, from a shooting range.
Claudio Campi had conflicting relations with the administrators, whom he accused of wanting to evict him from his accommodation, according to a text published in early November on his blog.
Three women succumbed to their injuries, including Nicoletta Golisano, 50, mother of a 10-year-old boy, present at the meeting in her capacity as an accountant.
Giorgia Meloni revealed on Sunday evening that they are friends.
“Nicoletta was a protective mother, a sincere and discreet friend, a strong and fragile woman at the same time”, wrote the far-right leader on her Facebook page, posting a photo of her and the victim during a party.
The killer “has been arrested and I hope justice will take its course quickly”. But “the word justice will never be able to suit this case. Because it is not fair to die like this,” added Ms. Meloni.