Alarm in Italy: Gunman shoots and kills two children and elderly

The perpetrator started shooting in the streets of the city of Ardea, near Rome - Eight and three-year-old two brothers

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Shock in Italy from a gunman who opened fire in the middle of the street and killed two brothers aged three and eight, as well as an elderly man.

According to the first information, the perpetrator is a resident of the area where the incident took place, 34 years old, while he had previously had a fight with the elderly man. The brothers who were killed by his fire were three and eight years old, while the perpetrator managed to escape from the spot and locked his house, where the police forces are raiding.

Police have cordoned off the area
, while urging locals to stay home.