Italian police arrest far-right party leaders after anti-vaccination riot

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/italian-police-arrest-far-right-party-leaders-after-anti-vaccination-riot-1.5618358

ROME -- Italian police said on Sunday they had arrested 12 people including the leaders of the extreme right-wing party Forza Nuova, after clashes in Rome a day earlier over a government drive to make the COVID-19 "Green Pass" mandatory for all workers.

Thousands of people took to the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday to oppose the move. Some tried to break past police in riot gear guarding access to Prime Minister Mario Draghi's office, while a separate group broke into the headquarters of Italy's main CGIL trade union and turned its offices upside down.

Overnight, dozens of protesters also tried to break into the accident and emergency unit at Rome's Policlinico Umberto I hospital, where one of them was being kept for treatment, forcing health workers to barricade themselves inside, emergency department head Francesco Pugliese told reporters on Sunday.

Draghi introduced the pass - a digital or paper certificate confirming its holder has either received at least one vaccine dose, has tested negative or has recently recovered from the virus - in the summer to help prevent infections and encourage people to get vaccinated.

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[The Magistrate]

1. Time To Pack It In, Ma'am

When Italy is better run than the good ol' You-Ess of Ay.

[rickyhall]

2. You can do that? Arrest far-right party leaders after a riot? What a concept.