Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino
expressed alarm and outrage Tuesday after a group demanding
greater social housing in Italy attacked offices of his and
Premier Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
A group of supporters of the Movimenti per la Casa raided
the PD's offices for the city council, turning over furniture
and breaking objects.
One employee at the office was hit with a fire
extinguisher.
The raid heightened concerns about possible trouble at an
anti-austerity demonstation in Rome on Saturday, which the
Movimenti per la Casa will take part in along with other
left-wing groups and activists opposed to the controversial TAV
rail link between Lyon and Turin.
"I hope those responsible are identified and punished,"
said Marino, who added that he called Renzi and Interior
Minister Angelino Alfano after the raid.
"It was an attack on the country's democratic life. They
hit people with an extinguisher, they chased after them, they
tried to hit the PD's whip on the council.
"It's obvious that there was violence that must be
repressed and punished".
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