Two Chinese nationals were
arrested Thursday after a revolt by some 400-500 Chinese textile
workers at Sesto Fiorentino near Florence following an attempted
health and hygiene inspection by the local health authority.
The pair arrested, the head of a local textile company and
an employee manning the gate who tried to stop police getting
in, have been charged with resisting arrest and injuring public
officers.
They will go on trial July 26.
Police said they were still trying to establish the full
reasons for the revolt, in which the crowd threw rocks, bottles
and cans at police, who responded with baton charges.
The Italian media have reported that the workers were
protesting an attempt to arrest the company head.
Sesto Fiorentino, like many towns and cities around
Florence, has many Chinese-owned textile works.
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