„We Will not Miss Him.“ This was the Fast Reaction of the Minister Salvini On the Attack at the Train Station of Verona

After the attack on the train station of „Porta Nuova” di Verona in northern Italy this morning Matteo Salvini reacted immedately: The Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transports said about a Person who was shot by the Italian Police: „We will not miss him.“

„He“ is the shot person, not the police agent. But what happened? At Verona, a man attacked in the last night some officers trying to stop him with a knife. One of the policemen shoots and kills him. Salvini immediately: “We will not miss him.”

“With all due respect, we will not miss him. Thanks to the policemen for doing their duty.” This was the immediate public comment of the Minister Matteo Salvini who talked via social media on what happened in Verona, where on this Sunday morning an unknown foreign national armed with a knife was killed by a policeman after he lunged at him.

The man was killed at “Porta Nuova” station of Verona in northern Italy, hit by a bullet fired by one of the policemen on the scene. Reportedly, around 5 a.m. in Sunday morning , the victim attacked two traffic policemen who were noting an accident. Then he reached the train station where, in a probable altered state, he damaged several businesses including the ticket office and tobacco shop located at the entrance, as well as several cars parked in the parking lot in front of the station.

After disappearing, he reappeared later at the scene two hours later, at which point he was intercepted by police officers who tried to stop him for identification. However, at that moment, according to law enforcement reconstructions, the gunman lunged at one of the police officers, who shot him.

The victim is learned to be a foreign national. In front of the Porta Nuova station in Verona, in addition to the duty magistrate coordinating the investigation, Questorie Rosaria Amato with deputy Girolamo Lacquaniti, the commander of the local police, Luigi Altamura, intervened. Identification of the victim is still in progress. Investigative sources have ruled out that the incident can be traced to a terrorist matrix.