Homeless migrant attacks cop with iron bar, shot in leg

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 23 - A homeless African migrant was shot in the leg Tuesday after attacking a policeman with an iron bar outside the Duomo in Naples after being told to move from the portico where he and other street people have been spending the night for some time, local sources said.
    The officer took out his gun and fired the shot, wounding the migrant slightly, as the man tried to hit him again on the ground, the sources said.
    Several passersby tried to stop the migrant attacking the agent, and then offered first aid and assistance to the injured officer.
    The incident happened as part of a municipal programme called TESM which involves social workers and police working together to deal with social and minors' emergencies.
    Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi said the policeman had acted in self defence.
    The migrant was said to be in a non-life-threatening condition in hospital. (ANSA).