Police Say Extremist Shows No Remorse for Shooting Africans

Milan — A right-wing extremist suspected in the shooting rampage that wounded six Africans in central Italy was “lucid and determined, aware of what he had done” and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an Italian law enforcement official said Sunday. Luca Traini, 28, remained jailed as police investigated him on multiple counts of attempted murder with the aggravating circumstance of “racial hatred” for the Saturday night attacks in the Italian city of Macerata.

The five men and one woman were wounded in the two-hour drive-by shooting spree were from Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Mali, according to RAI state television.

Italian authorities said they seized Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, other publications linked to Nazism and a flag with a Celtic cross, a symbol commonly used by white supremacists, from Traini’s home Sunday.

Tillerson: U.S. May Slap Venezuela With Oil Sanctions

Buenos Aires, Argentina — The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Venezuela that could cripple its oil industry and is asking whether the plan would be supported in the region, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday.

Tillerson and his Argentine counterpart, Jorge Faurie, also said in a news conference that their countries had agreed to work together to fight fundraising in Latin America by the militant group Hezbollah, a rare acknowledgment of the Middle Eastern group’s active presence in the region.

Tillerson has sought to rally regional support for a widening campaign to put pressure on the leftist government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Many leaders in the hemisphere and human rights organizations accuse Maduro of trampling on democracy and sending his nation into a humanitarian and economic crisis.

Authorities: Good Samaritan with a Gun Thwarts Attack on a Police Officer

Authorities say a good Samaritan with a handgun thwarted a savage attack on a police officer in Utah.

Derek Meyer, told Salt Lake City Fox-affiliate KSTU-TV that he was driving on Main Street in Springville, when he spotted police lights — and a man walloping a police officer.

The incident happened about 2 p.m. on Friday, police said. An officer on patrol saw a pair of feet dangling out of a bin clothing recycling bin and when the man came out of the bin, he began hitting the officer. That’s about the time Meyer saw the scuffle.

“I carry a gun to protect me and those around me, but primarily I carry a gun to protect my family first and foremost,” Meyer told KSTU.

— Wire reports