A 64-year-old Italian restaurateur
died of a heart attack after an attempted robbery in his
restaurant near Lucca late Thursday night, sources said Friday.
The incident took place at Torre del Lago, the location for the
annual Puccini Opera Festival.
According to what was established by the Carabinieri, in the
restaurant that the man managed with a partner, around 11:40 pm
Thursday a 33-year-old foreign man, in an extreme state of
agitation, threatened the owners demanding that they serve him
alcohol and give him cigarettes.
He allegedly wounded one of the owners in the hand with a wooden
stake.
The restaurateur was taken to hospital where he died of a heart
attack.
The victim was named as Alberto Biancalana, owner together with
a partner of the Elefante Marino Restaurant in Viale Europa, on
the seafront at Torre del Lago.
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