Attack type Spree shooting | ||
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Location Florence, Tuscany, Italy Date 13 December 2011
12.30 p.m. (Central European Time) Target Senegalese market traders Weapons Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum Deaths 3 (including the perpetrator) | ||
On 13 December 2011, an armed attack occurred in Florence. Two market traders from Senegal, 40-year-old Samb Modou, and 54-year-old Diop Mor, were killed by Gianluca Casseri, who wounded three other Senegalese traders in another market. According to Florentine prosecutor Giuseppe Quattrocchi, the killer shot himself dead as he was approached by police in a car park. The attack was racially motivated according to authorities. The attack also occurred during the 2011 Liège attack, which started on the same day.
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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
After the shootings some people protested, marching to the Prefects' office, demanding justice and a representative met the prefect. Some Senegalese met in the Duomo square to pray.
CasaPound, an Italian far-right group, described him as a sympathiser but not a member.
The attacker
The attacker was a 50-year-old accountant from Pistoia who had a history of involvement in far-right politics. In 2010 he published an historical novel La Chiave del Caos, co-authored with Enrico Rulli. He also published a newsletter for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien.