Sicily Police Probing Illegal Horse Race with Guns
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Open investigation after unauthorized race in Catania. Video posted on social networks shows whipped horses and shots into the air. Authorities look for animals in stables.
Animal rights activist Enrico Rizzi shared a video online of an illegal horse-drawn carriage race taking place on a rural road in eastern Sicily. In addition to people racing horses along the dusty road, several motorcyclists can be seen following the "cavalry" and firing several shots into the air with firearms. Police immediately launched an investigation after the video was posted, seizing the horses and questioning several people.
They threw two horses at full speed in an illegal race on the rural roads of Palagonia, in the Italian province of Catania, and dozens of motorcycles followed them in this clandestine competition in the middle of the field sprinkled with shots into the air. That’s what several neighbors of the island did, two of which have been denounced by the State Police. Agents of the Mounted Brigade of Etna began the investigation after receiving informatio…
A group of Italian men took macho behavior to the extreme when they chased illegally raced horses on scooters, brandishing Kalashnikovs and shooting them. The video was shared on Facebook by animal rights activist Enrico Rizzi. Local police are already investigating the case, with mafia activity suspected. Two road racers took part in the horse race, which is believed to have taken place last Friday, and about a dozen people followed them on mot…
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