Italian man fires shots in vuvuzela rage
An Italian man fired shots from a rifle and rammed his car into a bar after being driven mad by the incessant blowing of vuvuzela trumpets, the noisy instruments which became notorious during the World Cup in South Africa.
Nick Squires in Rome
Published: 12:05PM BST 27 Jul 2010
The vuvuzela: love it or hate it Photo: EPA
The 51-year-old, who has not been named, exploded with rage after enduring hours of listening to the plastic horns being blown in the Coco Bamboo bar in the village of Pievebelvicino near Vicenza, in north-eastern Italy.
He first grabbed a rifle and fired shots into the air, but the warning had no effect on those in the bar. So he then jumped into his car and rammed it at least three times through the windows of the drinking hole, sending drinkers inside scattering in panic.
Miraculously, no one was hurt. The man fled the scene but later turned himself into a local hospital. He was arrested by police and will undergo treatment in a psychiatric unit.
