Two Italian boys were recovering in hospital on Tuesday after a 70-year-old man shot them with his hunting rifle because he was frightened by their Halloween costumes.The 14-year-old boys, dressed as demons, had knocked on the man's door during an evening of "trick or treat" near the northern town of Turin and set off a firecracker.
When the door opened, instead of a treat, the man fired four shots at the boys having been scared by the noise and their strange outfits, the news agency ANSA said.
Police arrested the man, who lived alone and was the victim of several robberies, for attempted murder, ANSA said. Police said the boys' lives were not in danger but one risked losing an eye.
The tradition of asking neighbors for sweets or money on Halloween is relatively new to Italy but is gaining popularity.
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Boys get gunshots, not treats, for Halloween
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Boys get gunshots, not treats, for Halloween
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Boys get gunshots, not treats, for Halloween
That's not cool.
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Boys get gunshots, not treats, for Halloween
ouch, imagine they weren't too happy to get shot :\
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It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.
If I'd live in another time or place...
...my story might have had a very different ending.
Boys get gunshots, not treats, for Halloween
says he who laughs.
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“It's the rare man who understands the value of a single perfect rose.”
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