MURDERER OF CONSUL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 149, 14 September 1927, Page 9

MURDERER OF CONSUL

A FELLOW-ITALIAN BELIEVED INSANE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 11.52 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The Paris correspondent of “The Times” says that the assailant of Count Carlo Nardini, the Italian viceconsul, who was shot dead in his office, was an Italian cement worker, Serge di Modugno, aged 25. He had to be sent to a hospital owing to a seizure. He is believed to be insane. The Paris correspondent of the “Daily News” says the murderer obtained the interview by declaring that his wife could not join him, owing to the rigid Italian passport regulations. For that reason, he said, he sought the advice of the vice-consul. It is feared the crime will further embitter the relations between France and Italy, which are strained owing to frontier incidents. The Premier, M. Poincare, in an effort to prevent increased tension, sent his secretary to the Italian Embassy to express his profound regret for the crime. He also instructed the French Ambassador at Rome to take similar action. Nardini’s assassin recovered from the seizure. He came to Paris three weeks ago without luggage. The motive of the crime is not explained. but may be connected with the refusal of the Italian Government to issue passports to the wives of anti-Fascists outside Italy.—A. and N.Z.