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

Man taken to hospital with bullet wound after incident involving pistol owned by Emanuele Pozzolo

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.