(ANSA) A row ensued Wednesday after a public safety and security councillor for the rightwing [anti]-migrant League party in the northern city of Voghera, Massimo Adriatici, was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing an illegal Moroccan immigrant after an argument outside a bar on Tuesday night.
Adriatici, a lawyer and local anti-street violence campaigner, allegedly fired at the 39-year-old immigrant in self-defence, said the League, which has successfully campaigned for laxer self-defence laws in Italy.
Adriatici said the fatal shot went off accidentally after he was pushed to the ground by the victim.
But police said he shot and hit the immigrant near the heart after he was pushed by him, according to judicial sources.
