PRINCE SHOT AT.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1929, Page 5

PRINCE SHOT AT.

ASSAILANT’S STATEMENT. United Press Association—By Electric . Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 11 a.in.) BRL'SSELLS, October 24. Interrogated by the examining Magistrate, Dirosa declared he had vowed to kill the King • of Italy or Crown Prince or Mussolini, because they had betrayed Italian Constitution. He fired the first shot into the air in order to test the weapon, which then jammed find lie was unable tcMfire again. F BRUSSETS,- Oct. 24. . ' Dirosa struggled like a wild beast, and it took ten policemen to convey him .to the Palais de Ju«tice. A crowd g the red' outside, shouting: “Death to the assa'ssin!” Dirosa informed the police that lie came' especially to shoot the Crown Prince and admitted he was a member of the Second Social st-International. hr . BRUSSELS, October 24., j While Prince Umberto was shaking hands with a high personage an Italian fired the shot. '.AThe: prowd was dazed and then made 'h l 'wild rush arid seized the assailant, 'Who was madly flourishing a revolver. He’ was ' roughly handled before the ‘police broke through. - ; ; ; •' ,l . Prince tlmbferto calmly to the tbmh And-laid his .wreath.

7' His' assailnhU has been- identified as a'native 1 bf Milan, a student, Fernando Dirosa,-' aged-twenty-one. -.- He admits he only arrived from Paris that morning. ' ;• " - ’• Immediately‘on hearing of the attempted 'assassination' King Albert visited the ' Italian Embassy and expressed his sincere regret.