Pellicanò arrested for Milan gas blast (3)

(ANSA) - Milan, July 1 - Italian police on Friday arrested Giuseppe Pellicanò, a 51-year-old ad man under investigation for the June 12 Milan apartment gas explosion that killed his former partner Micaela Masella and a young couple from Marche. Police are set to move Pellicanò from Niguarda hospital, where he was set to be discharged, to Milan's San Vittore prison.
    Investigators said Pellicano' was "angry" at the recent separation from his ex. They said he purposely caused the gas leak that led to the explosion, which left his ex-partner dead and his daughters aged 11 and 7 with severe burns. Pellicano' was among several people injured in the explosion.