A quiet Tuscan seaside town turned into the setting of a unexpected murder on the afternoon of April 13. The violence took place on Follonica’s main street, viale Matteotti, resulting in the death of Simone De Simone, owner of the centrally-located Hotel Stella.
De Simone was shot by the owner of a deli located in the same building, who also wounded the victim’s brother as well a women who happened to be passing by.
The assassin, who was captured by police in Grosseto a couple of hours later, was arguing with the hotel proprietor over a pipe leak that caused water damage in both the hotel and the deli.
De Simone’s brother and passerby, who is a local pharmacist, are hospitalized in serious condition.
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