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A Carabinieri police officer was
briefly hospitalised in Genoa Friday after being stabbed in the
abdomen with a screwdriver by one of two Senegalese migrants he
stopped for a routine check.
The officer has been pronounced out of danger and will be
discharged "in the coming hours", hospital sources said.
Another Carabiniere was also hurt, less seriously, in the
incident.
The two migrants, who had been spotted "lurking" near a
truck, ran away but were subsequently arrested, police said.
The migrant who carried out the attack, 31, risks facing a
charge of attempted homicide.
His companion, 49, faces a possible charge of resisting
arrest.
Political parties voiced sympathy and support for the
stabbed Carabiniere.
The head of the anti-immigrant Northern League party,
Matteo Salvini, called for the immediate expulsion of the
migrant who stabbed him.
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