Tensions erupted between high school students and law enforcement in Turin during a leaflet distribution campaign by a right-wing group in front of the Einstein High School. In the scuffle, a sixteen-year-old was handcuffed by DIGOS officers and taken to the police station, where he was charged with assault and resisting a public officer : he allegedly punched and kicked a police officer.

The day in the Piedmontese capital ended with an egg-throwing attack on a Brothers of Italy headquarters, while in Rome, students at the Bramante high school in the Tufello neighborhood reported in a letter assaults by about fifteen youths linked to far-right circles during an occupation on the night between October 24th and 25th.

In front of the Einstein, in the suburban neighborhood of Barriera di Milano, activists from the right-wing Gioventù Nazionale Gabriele D'Annunzio group had gathered. Those from Gioventù Nazionale Torino, the youth branch of the FdI, have distanced themselves from the group. They were supposed to distribute leaflets "against the culture of the Maranza," a term used to refer to young children of immigrants. The Einstein collective, near the opposing camp, attempted to prevent the event, and police in riot gear intervened.

The students spoke of violence by the police, "who beat the students with truncheons." "I was simply approaching the right-wingers when the police tackled me, and I got scared. I'm not stupid enough to attack and assault a public official," said the young man, who in the afternoon participated in a march that started in the city center and reached the Brothers of Italy headquarters in Barriera di Milano.

Eggs were thrown and graffiti was sprayed on police vehicles. The march then concluded in front of the Einstein. There was no shortage of political commentary, particularly from the center-left . Democratic Party Vice President Chiara Gribaudo described the government as "clearly distinguishing between the violence and the protests," announcing that she would submit a parliamentary question to seek clarification from the Interior Minister "because we want to shed light on what happened" in Turin and Genoa, where there was a neo-fascist raid on a school. Giovanni Crosetto, MEP for the Italian Democratic Party (FdI), however, emphasized that the young right-wing activists were attacked while peacefully handing out leaflets.

(Unioneonline)

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