https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A man armed with a knife momentarily took a guard hostage inside Milan's cathedral on Wednesday but was quickly arrested, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20200812/guard-briefly-taken-hostage-by-knife-man-in-milan-cathedral Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:54:29 +0200 guard-briefly-taken-hostage-by-knife-man-in-milan-cathedral Two Italian youths who shot blanks at a Gambian man in Vicofaro in the Tuscan town of Pistoia last week are just 13 years of age, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.it/20180809/boys-who-shot-blanks-at-gambian-national-did-it-for-a-laugh Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:20:09 +0200 boys-who-shot-blanks-at-gambian-national-did-it-for-a-laugh A man will be charged with attempting mass murder after he drove a car into a Christmas market in northern Italian town of Sondrio, prosecutors said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171211/attempted-massacre-italy-christmas-market-sondrio Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:05:43 +0100 attempted-massacre-italy-christmas-market-sondrio The Italian resort town of Ostia has been in the media spotlight since Tuesday, when the brother of a mafia boss violently assaulted a journalist. https://www.thelocal.it/20171111/journalist-attack-places-media-spotlight-on-italian-seaside-town Sat, 11 Nov 2017 15:20:11 +0100 journalist-attack-places-media-spotlight-on-italian-seaside-town Italian police arrested a notorious mobster on Thursday after an unprovoked attack on a journalist in a Rome suburb that stunned the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/mobster-arrested-after-attacking-journalist-in-italy Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:00:20 +0100 mobster-arrested-after-attacking-journalist-in-italy A journalist and director from the Italian broadcaster Rai were attacked by the brother of a mafia boss while reporting on the outcome of local elections in Ostia, a coastal city close to Rome, on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/rai-tv-crew-attacked-by-brother-of-ostia-mafia-boss Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:44:15 +0100 rai-tv-crew-attacked-by-brother-of-ostia-mafia-boss The brother of Ahmed Hanachi, the Tunisian man who killed two women at a train station in the southern French city of Marseilles, had fought with jihadists in Syria. https://www.thelocal.it/20171009/brother-of-marseilles-attacker-was-foreign-fighter-in-syria Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:13:57 +0200 brother-of-marseilles-attacker-was-foreign-fighter-in-syria The two Italian policemen who became instant heroes after they stopped and killed the Berlin Christmas market attacker have been transferred to new posts, Italian media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170206/italy-transfers-officers-who-shot-berlin-attacker-to-secret-location Mon, 06 Feb 2017 12:00:33 +0100 italy-transfers-officers-who-shot-berlin-attacker-to-secret-location Italy's foreign minister pledged on Thursday to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia to combat illegal migration and "terrorism", a month after a Tunisian failed asylum seeker allegedly killed 12 people in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.it/20170119/italy-will-reinforce-ties-with-tunisia-after-berlin-attack Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:25:20 +0100 italy-will-reinforce-ties-with-tunisia-after-berlin-attack A woman disfigured by acid in an apparent revenge attack by an ex-boyfriend has said she will "get through this". https://www.thelocal.it/20170113/im-alive-and-i-can-get-through-this-victim-of-acid-attack Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:36:15 +0100 im-alive-and-i-can-get-through-this-victim-of-acid-attack Tunisian suspect Anis Amri smuggled the weapon used in the Berlin Christmas market attack across borders to Italy and used it in the shoot-out in which he was killed, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170104/gun-used-by-amri-matches-berlin-christmas-attack-weapon Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:06:34 +0100 gun-used-by-amri-matches-berlin-christmas-attack-weapon Italian police have released an image of the Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri at Turin's Porta Nuova train station on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20161228/italian-police-release-new-image-of-suspected-berlin-attacker Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:12:34 +0100 italian-police-release-new-image-of-suspected-berlin-attacker President Sergio Mattarella and Interior Minister Marco Minniti attended the funeral of Fabrizia Di Lorenzo, the 32-year-old killed in last week's terrorist attack at a Christmas market in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.it/20161227/italian-berlin-attack-victim-buried-in-hometown Tue, 27 Dec 2016 13:36:11 +0100 italian-berlin-attack-victim-buried-in-hometown A rookie Italian police officer on Friday shot dead the Tunisian suspect in the Berlin truck attack after four days on the run, ending a massive Europe-wide manhunt. https://www.thelocal.it/20161223/relief-but-recognition-of-failings-after-berlin-attack-suspect-shot-dead-in-italy Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:59:37 +0100 relief-but-recognition-of-failings-after-berlin-attack-suspect-shot-dead-in-italy On Friday, Anis Amri, the man wanted over Monday's attack on a Berlin Christmas market, was shot by police in Milan, Italy's Interior Minister has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.it/20161223/berlin-attack-suspect-shot-in-milan-what-we-know Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:58:41 +0100 berlin-attack-suspect-shot-in-milan-what-we-know The man wanted by German police in connection with Monday's Christmas market attack in Berlin reportedly spent four years in jail in Italy and was known to police for violence. https://www.thelocal.it/20161222/man-wanted-for-berlin-attack-spent-four-years-in-italy Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:10:01 +0100 man-wanted-for-berlin-attack-spent-four-years-in-italy An Italian woman living in Berlin is feared to have been killed in an attack at a busy Christmas market on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20161220/italian-missing-in-berlin-after-market-attack Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:45:53 +0100 italian-missing-in-berlin-after-market-attack UPDATED: Anti-terrorism measures have been ramped up across Italy following a "probable terror attack" in Berlin on Monday evening, which saw a truck drive into a Christmas market, killing 12. https://www.thelocal.it/20161220/italy-ups-security-after-berlin-christmas-market-attack Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:34:07 +0100 italy-ups-security-after-berlin-christmas-market-attack Armed men have attacked a boat carrying migrants off Libya, leaving at least four dead and 15 missing, German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161021/armed-men-attack-migrant-boat-killing-at-least-four Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:42:09 +0200 armed-men-attack-migrant-boat-killing-at-least-four Italian authorities on Friday ordered the expulsion of a Tunisian national suspected of planning an attack at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/jihadist-planned-leaning-tower-of-pisa-attack-media Sat, 13 Aug 2016 01:14:51 +0200 jihadist-planned-leaning-tower-of-pisa-attack-media