Gianluca Casseri

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Gianluca Casseri (* 1961 in Cireglio , Pistoia , † December 13, 2011 in Florence ) was an author of the extreme right in Italy . On December 13, 2011, he committed a rampage during which he shot three Senegalese traders with a revolver , two of whom died instantly; the third survived seriously injured. He injured two other Senegalese three hours later. Subsequently shot himself.

Life

Gianluca Casseri grew up in a small village in the province of Pistoia ( Tuscany ). In his youth he developed a taste for horror and fantasy literature like HP Lovecraft and JRR Tolkien . He initially led a withdrawn life as an accountant in Italy and during this time acquired a right-wing extremist view of the world. His ideology was a mix of neo-paganism , fantasy and fascist thought . From 2001 to 2005 he published the magazine La Soglia (Eng. "The threshold"). Together with Enrico Rulli he wrote the historical novel “La Chiave del Caos”, which combines black magic and right esotericism . The pamphlet I protocolli del savio di Alessandria (Eng. 'The Protocols of the Elders of Alexandria') was also published, a kind of updated version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , which the theory of a Jewish world conspiracy in connection with Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose puts.

Around 2005 he sought contact with the right-wing extremist cultural center CasaPound , where, according to Spiegel, he found his ideological home. There he gave a lecture on his favorite comic characters Tim and Struppi and Tex Willer .

Rampage

On December 13, 2011, in Piazza Dalmazia in Florence , Casseri shot a revolver at three Senegalese traders, two of whom died instantly; the third survived seriously injured. Three hours later, he injured two other Senegalese people in the San Lorenzo market and then fled from the police to an underground car park, where he shot himself.

Media reception

In reporting on Casseri, several media drew parallels to Anders Behring Breivik and his attacks in Norway . In the right-wing extremist scene, the act is received differently. While CasaPound, whose position in Italian right-wing extremism was widely reported, publicly distanced itself, a support group on Facebook achieved 6,000 so-called “likes” before it was banned.

In the aftermath of the crime, there were protests by the residents of Florence, in particular by people of African descent, who accused the state of doing too little to counter racial prejudice. Matteo Renzi , the mayor of Florence, joined these protests.

Works

  • La chiave del caos . Together with Enrico Rulli. Il Punto D'incontro 2010. ISBN 978-8880936985
  • I protocolli del savio di Alessandria. Umberto Eco nel romanzesco mondo dei savi di Sion . Solfanelli 2011. ISBN 978-8874977307

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Annette Langer : Right-wing extremist attack in Florence: The crude ideas of Signor Casseri. Spiegel Online , December 15, 2011, accessed May 3, 2012 .
  2. ^ Kai Tippmann: Gianluca Casseri, the murderer of Florence. Altravitra.com, December 14, 2011, accessed May 3, 2012 .
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/13/florence-gunman-shoots-street-vendors
  4. ↑ Melissa Bell: Florence shooter Gianluca Casseri forces Italy to confront racism. Washington Post , December 14, 2011, accessed May 3, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Casseri, Gianluca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian author of the extreme right and gunman
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Cireglio , Pistoia
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 2011
Place of death Florence