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The man who last
week shot dead a female bear known as Amarena in the Abruzzo
town of San Benedetto dei Marsi told ANSA on Sunday that he has
come under a barrage of death threats.
"I haven't slept or eaten for three days," said Andrea
Leombruni, who is under investigation over the animal's death.
"I have stopped living. I continually receive telephone calls
and messages with death threats.
"They even called by 85-year-old mother. My whole family is
being pilloried.
"I did the wrong thing," he continued.
"I realized that as soon as I fired the shot. I was the one who
called the Carabinieri police".
Leombruni's wife confirmed that the whole family was going
through an ordeal.
"This violence is not right, this torture they are putting us
through," she said.
"Prosecutors are investigating and they will judge.
"We will certainly be punished, rightly so, but why do we have
to live with police protection?
"Why should we be afraid to live?".
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