Breaking news: a gunfire took place at Malpensa airport around 11.20LT when a Tunisian man allegedly drove into Terminal 1 with a stolen SUV. According to the first news reports, the man smashed the glass door number 14 of the Terminal just in front of the check in desks. Armed with a knife, the man got out of the car and assaulted a police officer before another policeman shot him, wounding him in the foot. The man was transported to hospital by EMS operators. As a consequence of the shooting, Terminal 1 was evacuated and all departing flights temporarily cancelled. Initially, it seemed that the man was attempting to stop his wife from leaving with a departing flight, however this hypothesis was discarded since his wife was inside the car with him at the time of the assault. Terrorism ruled out.
Gunfire at Malpensa airport – Terminal 1 evacuated – departing flights cancelled
Published on: February 21, 2011 at 12:28 PM
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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