The Carabinieri are investigating the theft suffered by a 70-year-old Monzambano, in the province of Mantova, who filed a complaint after what happened in a farmhouse not far from the Lombard municipality. The old man went to the shed around 6 and put away the hunting rifles. Most likely an individual, as yet unidentified, had followed him and when the hunter came out, he sneaked inside and took away five weapons, all of different calibers.
So the 70-year-old didn't get a chance to start his joke. The man had left to get the cages with live decoys and then he noticed the theft just happened. The thief acted in a few minutes and took advantage of the fact that at that time it was still very dark, so acted without any disturbance. The military investigates at 360 degrees and no hypothesis is excluded, including that of an animal activist intent on "punishing" the hunter depriving him of his weapons to use during hunting.