Cop probed for shooting knife-wielding man

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 22 - An Italian policeman has been placed under investigation for excessive use of force after shooting a 44-year-old Ghanaian man who was brandishing a knife near Rome's Termini rail station on Saturday afternoon, judicial sources said Tuesday.
    The measure is a formality in order to keep the case moving forward, they said.
    The man is now in detention at Rome's Policlinico Umberto I Hospital.
    He is not in a life-threatening condition, the hospital has said.
    Rome prosecutors have opened a separate probe into what happened. (ANSA).