«Full condemnation for the violence that occurred by the collectives in Rome. Devastation, attacks, clashes, attacks on a Rector's office and a police station, with a manager punched. This is not demonstrating, but crime. My solidarity with the police director who was attacked, with all the police forces and the teachers." Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated this on social media, after the day of tension in front of the Roman University, which led to two arrests (a 28-year-old was then released this morning while the hearing of the other arrested person is awaited) following of demonstrations and scuffles that broke out due to the academic senate's failure to boycott Israel.
The pro-Palestine youths had also tried to break into a police station after one of them had been stopped for climbing onto the roof of a police car.
Meanwhile , a sit-in of several dozen students was called this morning in front of the Rome court to demonstrate solidarity after the arrests. «We consider these arrests to be a very serious initiative and we are here to reiterate solidarity with our friends - states Giulio of Potere al Popolo - because what happened yesterday is unacceptable. Yesterday we asked for an immediate stop to the Italy-Israel agreements but no response came from the university. The clashes were violent and unmotivated, we were moving peacefully but now there is a climate of repression in this country."
(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)
