Three injured in shooting as new Italian gov't sworn in Two police and a passer-by were shot during swearing ceremony of newly appointed government. An "insane man dressed in a suit" fired several shots ahead of the government office's building. A man was arrested at the scene of the shooting and identified as Luigi Preite. ROME, April 28 (Xinhua) - Two police and a passer-by were shot and injured in Rome on Sunday during the swearing ceremony of Italy's newly appointed government. According to media reports, an "insane man dressed in a suit" fired several shots ahead of the government office's building, which is close to the presidential palace where Prime Minister Enrico Letta was being sworn in with his newly selected cabinet ministers. The two police were rushed to a nearby hospital. One of them was reportedly in serious conditions but both of them were not in peril of life, medical sources said. A passer-by pregnant woman was also slightly injured. A man was arrested at the scene of the shooting and identified as Luigi Preite, a middle aged Italian from the southern Calabria region who was reportedly affected by mental disturbance. "He was shooting police as if they were skittles .. at first we did not realize anything, we thought they were firecrackers," an eye witness was quoted as saying by local media. The shooting scene and the surrounding area where the government was being sworn in at the presidential palace, which is less than one kilometer from the government office's building and was filled with crowds of people hailing the ceremony, were immediately cleared away. It was still unclear whether the attack was linked to the starting of the new government. "It was a disquieting fact but I do not think there was a plan behind it," newly appointed Justice Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri said. Letta, 46, the moderate head of the center-left Democratic Party (PD), brought forward his new government's first council of ministers to lunch time on Sunday following the shooting. Profile: New Italian PM Enrico Letta Italy's new PM, cabinet ministers sworn in ROME, April 28 (Xinhua) - Italy's new cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Enrico Letta, was sworn in on Sunday, starting their task for breaking the impasse the country had been locked for months. The coalition government, the result of an enforced alliance between the center-left Democratic Party (PD) and the center-right and PD opponent People of Freedom (PdL), is composed of 21 ministers including seven women, more than ever, and the country's first ever non-white minister. News Analysis: Italy's new cabinet to face old challenges ROME, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Italy's newly nominated Prime Minister Enrico Letta got to work quickly on Saturday unveiling a new cabinet full of fresh faces, including more women than ever and the country's first ever non-white minister. One name conspicuous in his absence from the new cabinet is three-time premier and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi. Speculation started swirling Friday that controversial Berlusconi would be appointed to a key ministerial post, possibly even as finance minister. But Berlusconi said Saturday he did not wish to be a minister, but that he would push for members of his party to be named to ministerial posts.