Milan: shooting at the Court. A 57-year-old on trial for bankruptcy opened fire. Here's what happened

The man holding the gun is called Claudio Giardiello, he is 57 years old and is in court because he is accused of fraudulent bankruptcy for the company he owned: the real estate company Magenta. The victims, until the last update [15:30], are three: the judge, Fernando Ciampi and two other men, the lawyer Lorenzo Alberto Claris Appiani (former lawyer of the killer) and Giorgio Erba, co-defendant in the trial. Davide Limongelli, Giardello's partner and nephew, is also currently hospitalized. According to some rumors, he arrived at the former Santa Rita clinic with a yellow code. Numerous are also injured, many suffering from panic attacks.

Giardiello, who after being locked inside the building for a long time managed to escape on his motorbike, was stopped and arrested by the carabinieri in Vimercate, about 27 kilometers from the Palace of Justice.

According to some reconstructions, the man, who was sitting in the audience benches, would have pulled out a pistol pointing it at two witnesses and would then have gone downstairs to enter Judge Ciampi's room, freezing him instantly.

The lawyer Roberto Faletti, who was in a "courtroom near the one where the tragedy began, said: "" We barricaded ourselves in the courtroom, as soon as we heard the shots. The carabinieri told us to stay closed in the courtroom and not to move. There were seven of us, including the judge and the prosecutor "".

The mayor of Milan, Pisapia, who rushed to the court immediately, issued this statement:
"I am close to the families of the victims, including Judge Fernando Ciampi, whom I knew personally and whom I have always appreciated for his professionalism and humanity. My closeness to the entire judiciary," advocacy and courthouse workers ".