(ANSA) - Rome, March 1 - The assailant killed in a shootout
with armored-car personnel in the center of Rome Friday has been
identified as a former member of the leftist Red Brigades
terrorist group.
Giorgio Frau, 56, was killed during a failed robbery
assault on a security van near the Basilica of St Mary Major and
the central Rome Termini train station.
A security guard was also seriously injured.
Two accomplices fled the scene on foot but were later
apprehended.
Witnesses said the assailants were disguised as postal
workers and sabotaged the van while aboard scooters.
The former Red Brigades member Frau has a list of priors,
including illegal arms possession and robbery.
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