Alleged killing of migrant by far-right politician prompts Italy gun control row

Estimated 1.2m Italians who are not in police or the security forces own small guns, according to poll

A row over privately owned guns has been ignited in Italy after a councillor with the far-right League party allegedly shot dead an immigrant.

Massimo Adriatici, a councillor for security in Voghera, is under house arrest following the shooting outside a bar in the Lombardy town on Tuesday night. Youns El Bossettaoui, a 38-year-old man from Morocco, was shot in the chest and later died in hospital.