Members of the Alto Adige
military folklore Schuetzen group staged a protest Friday by
covering German writing on 600 road signs located at the
entrances to towns.
The Tyrolese patriotic militant group said it was protesting
"against the injustice that began in 1922 and is still
underway".
The German writing on the signs was covered with a statement
in German that, when translated, reads "unofficial for 97
years".
Prosecutors opened a probe.
The South Tyrol Schuetzen, variously translated as Marksmen
or Defenders, have 5,000 or so members and are heirs to
a local tradition for voluntary territorial militia dating back
to the 1200s.
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