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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Meloni faces questions after Italian MP’s gun fired at New Year’s Eve party

The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni
The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was asked what action she would take over the incident involving a gun owned by an MP from her party. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

Italian opposition leaders are demanding “clarity” from the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, after a gun owned by an MP from her far-right Brothers of Italy party was accidentally fired at a New Year’s Eve gathering.

Emanuele Pozzolo confirmed that the pistol belonged to him but denied firing the bullet, which grazed the leg of a 31-year-old man who was among the security entourage of the Italian justice ministry undersecretary Andrea Delmastro.

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