Javier Alfredo Romero Miranda, a 41-year-old laborer, was celebrating the birth of his son on Tuesday afternoon when he was fatally wounded by an arrow fired by an archer from the window of his house.
A 63-year-old Italian who killed a 41-year-old Peruvian with a bow is charged with premeditated murder, racially motivated, the Ansa agency reports citing the public prosecutor’s office in Genoa.
Javier Alfredo Romero Miranda, a 41-year-old laborer, was celebrating the birth of his son on Tuesday afternoon when he was fatally wounded by an arrow fired by an archer from the window of his house.
According to eyewitnesses, 63-year-old Evaristo Scalco had earlier managed to make racist comments against Romero Miranda and a friend of his, also of Peruvian origin.
In videos taken by bystanders, Skalko can be seen rushing to help his victim before the ambulance arrived.
Shortly afterwards he was arrested by the police, who seized three bows and dozens of arrows from his home.
Scalco claimed he was disturbed by the commotion the two Peruvians were making, whom he repeatedly asked to be quiet, but they responded with insults and throwing objects.
The victim, seriously injured in the liver, succumbed to his injuries after being transported to the hospital.
The mayor of Genoa, Giovanni Totti, condemned the act of a “paranoid”. “No party, no commotion or any other situation can justify such a reaction,” he wrote on Twitter.
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