1 person arrested on Autostrad after opening fire at checkpoint

Traffic police Saturday arrested one person on a motorcycle after he and another man opened fire at a checkpoint on the Autostrad.

The suspect was in possession of four cartouche shells and a firearm.

He and another person stopped their motorcycles near the checkpoint and started to open fire when policemen approached them.

The troops fired back at them but arrested only one, while the other fled.

 

A manhunt is on for the fugitive.

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