African migrants injured in Italian drive-by attack days after Nigerian migrant accused of murder

A lone gunman has targeted foreigners in a drive-by shooting spree in a central Italian city, wounding six people, before being arrested.

The suspect's motive was not immediately clear, but the city of Macerata in the central Marche region is still reeling from the gruesome killing and dismemberment of a young Italian woman this week, allegedly at the hands of a Nigerian immigrant.

Local man in custody
Police said all those wounded were foreigners and they later confirmed the arrest of a suspect identified as a 28-year-old Italian with no previous record.

A video posted by the newspaper il Resto di Carlino showed a man with an Italian flag draped over his shoulders being arrested by armed Carabinieri officers in the city centre, a short distance from where he apparently fled his car on foot.

Macerata Mayor Romano Carancini said six foreigners were wounded in the two-hour shooting spree, one of them with life-threatening injuries.

Mr Carancini confirmed that all of the victims were black, and acknowledged that "the closeness of these two events makes you imagine that there is a connection."

Murder used to promote anti-immigrant message
The shooting spree came days after the killing of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro and amid a heated electoral campaign in Italy where anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme.

The head of the anti-migrant Northern League, Matteo Salvini, has capitalised on the killing in campaign appearances, and is pledging to deport 150,000 migrants in his first year in office if his party wins control of parliament and he is named premier.

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The incident might be related to the killing in #Macerata of a 18 year-old girl, Pamela Mastropietro (pic), who had left a rehab. A Nigerian drug dealer has been arrested after her murder: her body was dismembered, locked in two suitcases appartently handled by the drug dealer

@justwise

this people have been spoiling our name since 19

Them set the Nigerian guy up