Toll in Nuoro family massacre rises to five

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 26 - The death toll in a family massacre at Nuoro in Sardinia rose to five including the father-shooter as two victims were pronounced brain dead Wednesday night.
    A 52-year-old forestry worker killed his wife, two children and a neighbour in Nuoro Wednesday with a 7. 65 calibre semi-automatic weapon, then took his own life in his elderly mother's house, after wounding her.
    Another son was also wounded. The massacre with five dead and two wounded was carried out for currently unknown and inexplicable reasons, police said.
    The 43-year-old wife and 23-year-old daughter, who were hit first, died instantly. For the 10-year-old son and a 69-year-old neighbour, the landlord, who appeared on the landing at the time of the massacre, a declaration of brain death came Wednesday evening.
    Injured but not in life-threatening condition were the murderer's mother and a 14-year-old son.
    What happened to trigger the fury of the man, described by neighbours as a quiet person, remains a mystery for the time being. (ANSA).