Young man injured by a gunshot to the head in the Cagliari area, three arrests

Three young people arrested for attempted murder and two injured. This is the outcome of what happened yesterday afternoon in the locality of Giliacquas, in Elmas (Cagliari), where a 25-year-old, Mattia Secci from Cagliari, was injured with a shotgun blast loaded with pellets to the head and is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Brotzu hospital.

Last night the carabinieri of the Cagliari Company and the provincial command arrested Giorgio Argiolas, 26 years old, as the alleged perpetrator of the wounding. Simone Lippi, 24 years old, who was driving the car in which Secci was also found, also ended up in handcuffs and with whom he allegedly attempted to overwhelm Argiolas' brother who was in via Bassi with his cousin. Restrictive measure also for Mattia Secci himself.

At the origin of the story there would be friction between the young people linked to a sentimental issue, even if this element is not confirmed by the investigators. Lippi and Secci would have gone to Elmas for clarification. Having arrived in via Bassi, according to what was reconstructed by the military personnel, they saw Argiolas' brother and his friend and ran them over with the car. Argiolas' cousin was injured and treated in hospital for head and leg trauma. Giorgio Argiolas, hearing the screams coming from the street, looked out the window and fired at least three shots from a rifle loaded with pellets which hit Secci in the head and grazed his friend.

Ambulances and police immediately arrived on the scene.

Lippi, who left the area, was tracked down shortly afterwards by the police. Secci and Lippi are still in hospital, Argiolas has been transferred to Uta prison.