Italy's supreme Cassation Court on
Friday upheld Luigi Preiti's 16-year sentence for shooting at
four police officers, seriously injuring two, outside the
premier's office in April 2013.
Officer Giuseppe Giangrande was paralyzed from spinal
injuries following the shooting on April 28 at Rome's Palazzo
Chigi.
Preiti, a native of Calabria, attacked on the same day that
former premier Enrico Letta's government was being sworn into
office.
He was convicted on multiple counts of attempted murder and
possession of illegal weapons, and has said he did not intend to
kill anyone but only to draw attention to his joblessness.
Shortly before the shooting, Preiti called government
offices demanding more help for his native region.
The sentence is now binding.
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