(ANSA) - Turin, June 7 - Investigators are looking into whether the case of a tobacconist who shot a man dead near Turin overnight falls within the remit of a new law boosting the right to legitimate self defence. The tobacconist is said to have gone outside with a gun when three robbers tried to enter his shop, in the town of Pavone Canavese.

The shopkeeper, who lives above the store, opened fire and killed a member of the gang, sources said.

Prosecutors have questioned the tobacconist but, so far, have not opened any other procedures against him.

