(ANSA) - COMO, MAY 05 - A 62-year-old man this afternoon slightly wounded his 32-year-old former partner with a pistol shot, then barricaded himself in the house with his six and eight-year-old daughters.
When the carabinieri tried to enter the apartment, the man committed suicide with the same weapon.
There were moments of terror this afternoon in Cremnago di Inverigo, in the Brianza area of Como, due to a fit of madness by the man, who had been at odds with the woman for some time, so much so that he had a provision prohibiting approaching her and her daughters.
According to an initial reconstruction, the man allegedly had an argument with the woman and shot her in the face, which fortunately only grazed her.
While she tried to escape, the ex-partner managed to barricade himself in the house.
He locked the girls in a club.
In the meantime the alarm went off and the carabinieri intervened.
Before the soldiers could reach him inside the house, the man shot himself.
The daughters are unharmed, but are in shock.
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