OUTRAGE IN BELGIUM

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 102, 26 October 1929, Page 9

OUTRAGE IN BELGIUM

SHOT AT PRINCE UMBERTO

STORY OF ASSAILANT

Australian Press Association.

LONDON, 24th October. Although it is difficult to obtain » connected story about Dirosa, the Italian student who fired a shot at the Crown Prince of Italy during a cere-, niony .at Brussels, he appears to be fairly well known in anti-Fascist circles. Signor Turati, a former Italian deputy, in exile in Paris, and one of] the anti-Fascist leaders, says he is slightly acquainted with him. He re-! garded him as an-industrious youth. He was a law student for a year and had written a couple of pamphlets ou the MaWeotti affair. The French police have no record of Dirosa) but advices from Romo indicate that the Italian police were aware of his activities and recently circulated his portrait. He left Italy for France on a forged passport. Ho is 25 years of ago, is tall and prepossessing. - "it . stated that he belongs to the Matteottists, who had sworn to avenge the martyred deputy. He left Paris on Tuesday and arrived at Brussels on Wednesday with an out-of-date passport, but was allowed to enter, as he had a French identity card for foreigners which was quite in order. During the fierce struggle Dirosa's jaw was broken and he spoke with difficulty. He declared that he had intended to fire on the Princo on arrival at the Garo du Nord, but was unable to do -so, as the bullet might have hit a Belgian Royalty.