Jobless man ‘wanted to shoot politicians’

A prosecutor says Italian politicians were the intended target of a gunman who shot and wounded two policemen in a crowded square outside the premier’s office in Rome.

The attack came just as Italy’s new government was being sworn in elsewhere in the city. Italy has suffered political deadlock since an inconclusive February election.

Rome prosecutor Pierfilippo Laviani told reporters he had questioned the alleged assailant, who was taken to a hospital with bruises after being wrestled to the ground.