2011 Florence shootings

Hate crime in Italy January 2020 2024 Florence shooting 2024 Florence shooting, a mass shooting in Florence, Kentucky, United States 2011 Florence shootings File:Piazza dalmazia, ricordo delle uccisioni del 13 dicembre 2011, 03.JPG Memorial Florence, Tuscany, Italy Senegalese market traders 2011 12 13 y 12:34 p.m. Central European Time Spree shooting mass shooting hate crime 3 (including the perpetrator) 3 Gianluca Casseri Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum Far-right extremism On 13 December 2011, a spree shooting occurred in Florence, Italy.Gunman Kills Two in Market in Florence https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203518404577096540690783350 13 December 2011 The Wall Street Journalhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/13/florence-gunman-shoots-street-vendors Florence gunman shoots Senegalese street vendors dead 13 December 2011 The Guardian Tom Kington Two male market traders from Senegal, 40-year-old Samb Modou, and 54-year-old Diop Mor,Thousands march in Florence after racist shootings were killed by Gianluca Casseri, who wounded three other Senegalese traders in another market. According to Florentine prosecutor Giuseppe Quattrocchi, the killer fatally shot himself as he was approached by police in a car park. The attack was racially motivated according to authorities. The attack occurred on the same day and at the same hour as the 2011 Liège attack. There is no evidence the two shootings were coordinated. Timeline The first shootings were at the Piazza Dalmazia market on Tuesday morning, where two market traders were shot dead and one injured. The killer then fled in a car and wounded two more vendors at the San Lorenzo later that day. He shot himself when confronted by armed police. Response to shootings Protests took place after the shootings, with people marching to the Prefects' office, demanding justice. A leader of the protest met with the Prefect.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8953863/Florence-street-vendors-shot-dead-by-lone-gunman.html Florence street vendors shot dead by lone gunman Nick Squires The Daily Telegraphhttp://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c2603160-25a7-11e1-856e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1gSOM9TTd Rightwinger kills Florence street traders Giulia Segreti Financial Times Some Senegalese gathered in the Piazza del Duomo to pray. CasaPound, an Italian far-right and neo-fascist group,The appeal of neo-fascism in times of crisis. The experience of CasaPound Italia Pietro Castelli Gattinara Caterina Froio Matteo Albanese Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies 2 2 234–258 10.1163/22116257-00202007 2013 free 1814/28683 free described Casseri as a sympathiser but not a member. The attacker The attacker was 50-year-old Gianluca Casseri, an accountant from Pistoia who had a history of involvement in far-right politics. In 2010 he published an historical novel La Chiave del Caos (The Key of Chaos), co-authored with Enrico Rulli.http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/12/13/visualizza_new.html_13608245.html Italian kills two, wounds three, before shooting himself ANSA 13 December 2011 He also published a newsletter for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien. See also CasaPound Mercato Centrale (Florence) 2018 Florence shooting References Category:Deaths by firearm in Italy Category:December 2011 crimes in Europe Category:December 2011 in Italy Category:Murder–suicides in Europe Category:Racism in Italy Category:Spree shootings in Italy Category:21st century in Florence Category:2011 murders in Italy Category:2011 mass shootings in Europe Category:Marketplace attacks in Europe Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Italy Category:Vehicle-ramming attacks in Europe Category:2010s vehicle-ramming attacks Category:Road incidents in Italy Category:2011 road incidents in Europe Category:Italy–Senegal relations Category:Crime in Tuscany Category:Far-right politics in Italy Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2011 Category:Racially motivated violence against black people in Europe Category:Neo-fascist attacks in Italy Category:Mass shootings involving revolvers