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.
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