A restaurateur shot dead a
burglar trying to get into his restaurant at Casaletto Lodigiano
near Lodi in northern Italy overnight police said Friday.
The thief, who was trying to break in with accomplices, has
not yet been identified.
The restaurateur was named as Mario Cattaneo, 67.
The attempted burglary of the bar-restaurant, Osteria dei
amis, took place at around 4 a.m., police said.
The owner of the osteria, which was also a tobacconist's,
heard noises and went downstairs where after a struggle he shot
the intruder with his licensed hunting rifle.
The other members of the gang fled, leaving their haul of
cigarettes.
Cattaneo was slightly injured.
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