The caretaker of a villa near
Bologna on Thursday morning shot dead an intruder.
The watchman, 68, fired five shots with a pistol for which he
has a license, source said.
The villa is in the countryside near Bazzano.
He fired the shots after hearing noise outside the villa.
The dead man was said to be aged between 20 and 25.
He was without documents and is still being identified.
The man was believed to have been accompanied by others who
helped him break into a building.
Bologna prosecutors said they would "try to verify the whys
and wherefores of the pistol shot, on the basis of the
applicability of the right to self defence law and excessive
force".
The last government boosted the right of legitimate self
defence along the lines of America's stand your ground laws.
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