A 47-year-old man of Albanian origin died Sunday evening in Sant'Olcese, on the hills above Genoa, after being tased by Carabinieri officers responding to a domestic dispute. According to preliminary reports, neighbors called the authorities after hearing yelling and loud noises coming from the flat. In spite of mediation attempts, the man, who appeared to be highly agitated and likely under the influence of alcohol, refused to calm down. After two unsuccessful electric shocks, he received a third shot, which resulted in cardiac arrest. Emergency personnel could only pronounce him dead. The prosecutor’s office will open an investigation for involuntary manslaughter and has ordered an autopsy. A similar incident occurred a few hours earlier in Olbia, when a 57-year-old man died while being brought to the hospital after being tased by Carabinieri officers. The man, evidently in distress, began hitting pedestrians and officers in the Santa Mariedda area. When the arrest occurred, one of the Carabinieri officers sustained facial injuries. In this case, too, the judiciary has initiated a manslaughter investigation and ordered an autopsy to identify the cause of death: the victim had cardiac difficulties. These two cases have revived the discussion over the use of tasers, which was recently incorporated into Italian police enforcement equipment and is already causing controversy due to the hazards connected with fragile people or those with pre-existing medical disorders.