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Woman in Genoa burns down 4 bars after gambling losses

19:02 15/11/2005

ROME, November 15 (Nikita Barashev) - A 56-year-old woman from Genoa, a northern Italian seaport, who was infuriated after losing a large amount of money at a slot machine, took revenge by burning down four local bars housing the machines.

Local police arrested the woman, saying she had caused major property damage but no one had been injured.

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