Riots in the province of Turin where since yesterday thousands of people, responding to a tamtam on social media, gathered for a rave party in the abandoned industrial area between Borgaretto and Nichelino.
The timely intervention of the police prevented the arrival of at least another 10 thousand people also with the help of the wreckers, who sent back cars and campers from abroad and Northern Italy, but the large crowd that gathered ( 4 thousand participants), however, caused tensions.
THREE POLICEMEN WOUNDED - According to Eugenio Bravo, general secretary of the Siulp Turin police union, at least three policemen were injured during the eviction: one in the head, hit by a stone during "a stone throwing against the police", the other two "in an attempt to be hit by a truck of these individuals who badly tolerate the presence of the police".
"The participants in the rave tried to force, with their own means, the barriers of the police by throwing stones, bottles and exploding devices at the police operators", explains the Police Headquarters in a note.
THE CLEARANCE - It will take at least two days to clear the industrial warehouse. The health workers, who have set up an emergency response point in Stupinigi, have intervened several times to help people who have felt ill from alcohol and drug abuse but also from bruises and fractures, while the operations to identify people who are they are removed from the area by the police.
At this moment "the situation is complex, but it is well managed and under control", says the mayor of Nichelino Giampiero Tolardo. "Unfortunately these initiatives are unpredictable", he continues, given that those who organize raves use encrypted communication channels, avoiding up to at the last minute to reveal where the party is held. "Last night there were some difficulties, with the ring road blocked, but now the road network is back in order", he concludes.
(Unioneonline / D)