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Rachel Hagan

Dad celebrating birth of son shot by neighbour with bow and arrow in row over noise

A new dad was celebrating the birth of his baby only to have celebrations horrifically interrupted by his angry neighbour who fired off an arrow at the group who were being too loud for his liking.

Evarista Scalco, 63, is said to have grabbed one of the three bows he kept in his flat in Genoa in Italy’s northwest and allegedly shot an arrow at the celebratory group who had ignored his requests to quieten down.

The steel-tipped flight, usually used to kill wild boars, hit Alfredo Javier Romero Miranda, a 40-year-old Peruvian immigrant, in the torso.

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