Ex-army officer opens fire on passers-by

A former Italian army sharp-shooter opened fire from his balcony with a pistol and a carbine in a Rome suburb, killing a passer-by and wounding eight others, authorities said.

Angelo Spagnoli, aged 52, a retired army officer, first attracted the attention of people along his street in the town of Guidonia last night by igniting cans of flammable liquid on his balcony, authorities said.