Some policemen were attacked outside
Milan's Central Station late on Thursday in the second serious
assault on officers in the city in two days.
A 36-year-old Egyptian asylum seeker, reportedly under the
effects of drugs, turned on the officers after being cited for
throwing stones and acts of vandalism.
After unsuccessfully trying to taser the attacker, one of the
officers shot him in the shoulder.
He was injured but is not in a life-threatening condition,
sources said.
A 35-year-old policeman is in a critical condition in Milan's
Niguarda hospital after being stabbed by a man in the area of
the city's Lambrate station on Wednesday night.
The policeman intervened after the attacker, a 37-year-old
Moroccan, started throwing stones at trains and one hit a
55-year-old woman in the head.
The cop was stabbed three times in the back and underwent
emergency surgery for organ damage.
The 37-year-old was tasered and arrested.
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