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 An Italian restaurant owner who shot a burglar dead is being investigated for voluntary manslaughter, sparking calls on Saturday for changes to the country's law covering self-defence killings. https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/italy-row-over-self-defence-after-burglar-shot-dead Sat, 11 Mar 2017 16:33:03 +0100 italy-row-over-self-defence-after-burglar-shot-dead A policeman in Italy has shot dead a migrant who stabbed him during a brawl in an area renowned for tensions between immigrants, locals and police, media reports said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160608/italy-policeman-shoots-dead-migrant-who-stabbed-him Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:48:30 +0200 italy-policeman-shoots-dead-migrant-who-stabbed-him The Isis group on Thursday claimed responsibility for shooting and wounding an Italian priest in Bangladesh this week, the latest in a spate of recent attacks on foreigners claimed by the jihadist network. https://www.thelocal.it/20151119/isis-claims-attack-on-italian-priest-in-bangladesh Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:01:53 +0100 isis-claims-attack-on-italian-priest-in-bangladesh Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest on Wednesday in northern Bangladesh, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline Islamists, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151118/italian-priest-shot-in-bangladesh Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:33:44 +0100 italian-priest-shot-in-bangladesh A 17-year-old girl has been arrested in Calabria after allegedly killing her mother because she confiscated her mobile phone and computer. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/teen-shot-mum-dead-over-confiscated-phone Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:00:28 +0100 teen-shot-mum-dead-over-confiscated-phone A 48-year-old man shot dead three people, including a police officer, and injured five others after opening fire from his balcony in Naples, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150515/policeman-and-two-others-die-in-naples-shooting Fri, 15 May 2015 19:43:26 +0200 policeman-and-two-others-die-in-naples-shooting US police on Monday charged a man suspected of killing an Italian-Croatian historian in New York on Saturday, reportedly over a property deal in northeastern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/italian-historian-shot-dead-in-new-york Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:08:00 +0100 italian-historian-shot-dead-in-new-york A 36-year-old pizzeria owner, who was shot dead while trying to protect a woman from her armed husband in a shopping mall in Florida, the US, was from a town near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20150120/italian-killed-trying-to-stop-florida-mall-gunman Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:35:00 +0100 italian-killed-trying-to-stop-florida-mall-gunman A northern Italian town is in mourning after an 11-year-old girl appeared to have accidentally shot herself dead with her father’s pistol on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/girl-dies-after-shooting-herself-with-dads-gun Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:18:00 +0100 girl-dies-after-shooting-herself-with-dads-gun The family of Davide Bifolco, a 17-year-old shot dead by police in Naples last Thursday during a police chase, has published a photo of the teenager's dead body on Facebook in a bid to prove that he was intentionally killed by police. https://www.thelocal.it/20140908/family-of-shot-teen-post-photo-of-body-on-facebook Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:00:00 +0200 family-of-shot-teen-post-photo-of-body-on-facebook A 73-year-old pensioner from Rome shot his wife dead while "playing" with his gun. https://www.thelocal.it/20130904/italian-pensioner-kills-wife-in-joke-gone-wrong Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:39:10 +0200 italian-pensioner-kills-wife-in-joke-gone-wrong An 18-year-old was shot dead in the suburbs of Rome last night following a ‘road rage’ row, La Stampa reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130613/ambulance-crew-attacked-after-road-rage-killing Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:21:00 +0200 ambulance-crew-attacked-after-road-rage-killing