Two traffic cops who shot a prank
video showing one of them rising from a coffin in the
earthquake-stricken village of Amatrice have been suspended,
Milan local police chief Antonio Barbato told reporters
Wednesday.
The pair were part of a team sent from Milan to help get the
Lazio village back on its feet after a series of quakes, the
first of which killed almost 300 people in central Italy.
"This was conduct unbecoming of someone wearing a uniform,"
Barbato said, "which is why they got the maximum possible
penalty".
The pair will be suspended without pay for 10 days, after
which they will be transferred, he said.
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