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2011 Florence shootings
LocationFlorence, Tuscany, Italy
Date13 December 2011
12:34 p.m. (Central European Time)
TargetSenegalese market traders
Attack type
Spree shooting
Mass shooting
Hate crime
WeaponsSmith & Wesson .357 Magnum
Deaths3 (including the perpetrator)
Injured3
PerpetratorGianluca Casseri
MotiveRace hate crime

On 13 December 2011, an armed attack occurred in Florence.[1][2] Two market traders from Senegal, 40-year-old Samb Modou, and 54-year-old Diop Mor,[3] were killed by Gianluca Casseri, who wounded three other Senegalese traders in another market.[1][2] According to Florentine prosecutor Giuseppe Quattrocchi, the killer shot himself dead as he was approached by police in a car park.[1] The attack was racially motivated according to authorities.[1][2] The attack occurred during the 2011 Liège attack, which started on the same day, at the same hour.[further explanation needed]

Timeline

Memorial

The first shootings were at the Piazza Dalmazia market on Tuesday morning, where two market traders were shot dead and one injured.[2] The killer then fled in a car and wounded two more vendors at the San Lorenzo later that day.[2] He shot himself when confronted by armed police.[2]

Response to shootings

After the shootings some people protested, marching to the Prefects' office, demanding justice and a representative met the prefect.[2][4][5] Some Senegalese met in the Duomo square to pray.[5]

CasaPound, an Italian far-right and neo-fascist[6] group, described him as a sympathiser but not a member.[2][5]

The attacker

The attacker was 50-year-old Gianluca Casseri, an accountant from Pistoia who had a history of involvement in far-right politics.[5] In 2010 he published an historical novel La Chiave del Caos, co-authored with Enrico Rulli.[7] He also published a newsletter for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gunman Kills Two in Market in Florence". The Wall Street Journal. 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Kington, Tom (13 December 2011). "Florence gunman shoots Senegalese street vendors dead". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Thousands march in Florence after racist shootings
  4. ^ Squires, Nick. "Florence street vendors shot dead by lone gunman". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ a b c d e Segreti, Giulia. "Rightwinger kills Florence street traders". Financial Times.
  6. ^ Gattinara, Pietro Castelli; Froio, Caterina; Albanese, Matteo (2013). "The appeal of neo-fascism in times of crisis. The experience of CasaPound Italia". Fascism. Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies. 2 (2): 234–258. doi:10.1163/22116257-00202007.
  7. ^ "Italian kills two, wounds three, before shooting himself", ANSA, 13 December 2011.
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